I hereby waive such provisions accordingly.

Diane Suzette Harris, of Utah, to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2022, vice Paula Barker Duffy, term expired.

There is no public servant better suited to improve our ability to engage the Cuban people and advance U.S. interests in Cuba than Jeff.

Jeff's leadership has been vital throughout the normalization of relations between the United States and Cuba.

I saw it, I envisioned the possibility of it, but everything converged in a way that you couldn't duplicate.

The appointment of an ambassador is a common sense step forward toward a more normal and productive relationship between our two countries.

There is no doubt that as a mixed child, as the child of an African and a white woman, who was very close to white grandparents ... I think the working assumption of discrimination ... is less embedded in my psyche than it is, say, with…

I think the way to think about it is the first inauguration is like your wedding.

I learned that public service is a privilege that must be based on moral foundations.

As I said, the second time, people had seen me work.

I am pleased to nominate Judge Julie Rebecca Breslow, Deborah J. Israel, and Carmen Guerricagoitia McLean to serve on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

Today, Federal agencies are announcing new actions to help build the capacity of state, local, tribal, territorial, private sector, and nonprofit stakeholders to recover from future disasters.