Press Conferences and Discussions

Images featuring prominent individuals giving speeches and leading discussions at press events, equipped with microphones and flags, conveying a formal atmosphere.

Press conference on the federal response to the threat of the avian influenza pandemic, with remarks by Interior Secretary Gale Norton, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, and Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns

Gene Olson, the director of airports for the Peoria Metropolitan Airport Authority, speaks at press conference, accompanied by U.S. Reps. Cheri Bustos and Darin LaHood and 182nd Airlift Wing commander Col. Rusty Ballard, in Peoria, Illinois, Sept. 9, 2022. The representatives secured a $15 million grant to build a new air traffic control tower at the airport, which the Illinois Air National Guard wing will utilize alongside civilian aircraft.

2006 Take Pride in America National Awards event at Main Interior, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne among the senior officials on hand

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Press Site auditorium at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, media were briefed about updates to aeronautics research at NASA. Seen here are NASA Public Affairs Officer Beth Dickey, Edgar G. Waggoner, director of the Integrated Systems Research Program Office, Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate and John Cavolowsky, director of the Airspace Systems Program Office, Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH SECRETARY JOHN SNOW AT PRESS CONFERENCE

Montgomery, AL, May 21, 2014, Federal Coordinating Officer Albi Lewis welcomes Governor Robert Bentley and other state and federal officials to the Joint Field Office in Montgomery. Cooperation between state and federal officials is essential for smooth operations in a disaster. Ed Edahl/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne in Los Angeles, California, joining California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski, and PacifiCorps Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Greg Abel at signing ceremony for the Klamath Basin Hydropower Agreement in Principle, under which the Department of the Interior, the states of California and Oregon, and PacifiCorp established a framework for addressing the potential removal of four Klamath Basin hydropower facilities in parallel with proposed Klamath Basin Restoration Act provisions for reliable water supply, low-cost power, and protection of species listed under the Endangered Species Act

Press conference, led by Interior Secretary Gale Norton, Interior Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Matt Hogan, and Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns, concerning Fish and Wildlife Service report showing net gain of 191,800 acres of American wetlands between 1998 and 2004, the first net gain in wetlands since 1954

Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response - Mathy Stanislaus Oath Ceremony , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - PRESS CONFERENCE SENATE ENERGY BILL

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Resources for the Future (RFF) Policy Leadership Forum , Environmental Protection Agency

Meeting and press conference in Atlanta, Georgia concerning inter-state water issues arising from the drought affecting the southeastern U.S., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue and Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle, Georgia Senators Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and the Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lieutenant General Robert Van Antwerp, among other officials

Office of Human Resources Management - Human Resources Summit

Secretary Gale Norton speaking, and Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander behind, at Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. event designating Sun Records, MemphisRecording Service, the pioneering rock music studio, as a National Historic Landmark

Interior Secretary Gale Norton, left, and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson talking to reporters in exhibit area at the Energy Leadership Forum in Robinsonville, Mississippi. Forum addressed hurricane response and the strengthening of America's energy infrastructure

Secretary Gale Norton at the podium during award ceremonies, on the rooftop of the Department of Interior headquarters building, honoring individuals,youth groups, schools, organizations, partnerships, businesses involved in volunteer conservation efforts under the Take Pride in America program

Announcement, at the Governor's Mansion in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, of the proposal to remove the brown pelican from the Endangered Species List, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, and other officials at the signing and press conference marking the recovery of the species in Louisiana and other Gulf Coast states

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to New Orleans, Louisiana, where he opened, and announced high bid totals for, the Minerals Management Service-sponsored federal sales of offshore oil and natural gas leases in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (Lease Sale 224) and the Central Gulf of Mexico (Lease Sale 206). The sales, attracting a record-setting $3.7 billion in high bids, inaugurated a program of enhanced revenue sharing with oil and gas producing Gulf states, along with higher royalty rates.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to New Orleans, Louisiana, where he opened, and announced high bid totals for, the Minerals Management Service-sponsored federal sales of offshore oil and natural gas leases in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (Lease Sale 224) and the Central Gulf of Mexico (Lease Sale 206). The sales, attracting a record-setting $3.7 billion in high bids, inaugurated a program of enhanced revenue sharing with oil and gas producing Gulf states, along with higher royalty rates.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS PRESS CONFERANCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Cooperative Conservation public "listening session" at Jeff's Catering Banquet and Convention Center in Brewer, Maine, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Regional Director Marvin Moriarty and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration General Counsel James Walpole among the federal officials on hand

Office of the Secretary - PRESS CONFERENCE: HOUSE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS PARTICIPATES IN EMERGING SECURITIES TECHNOLOGY FAIR

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao with Governor Gilmore (R-VA) Press Conference National Airport

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao with Governor Gilmore (R-VA) Press Conference National Airport

Rosenberg, TX, USA-June 15, 2015 Fort Bend County Judge Bob Hebert (at odium) announces the opening of a Mobile Registration Intake Center at the Rosenberg Annex. Hebert was joined by local, country, state and federal officials. Jocelyn. <p>Rosenberg, TX, USA-June 15, 2015--Fort Bend County Judge Bob Hebert (at podium) announces the opening of a Mobile Registration Intake Center at the Rosenberg Annex. Hebert was joined by local, country, state and federal officials.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

International Trade Administration - International Trade Administration Outreach

International Trade Administration - Swearing-In Sarah Ellerman

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - - U.S. Representative Ric Keller talks to the media at the Central Florida Research Park, near Orlando. He, NASA Administrator Sean OKeefe and government officials were at the park for a presentation about the assets of the research park as the site of NASAs new Shared Services Center. Behind Keller are (left to right) U.S. Senator Bill Nelson; Pamella J. Dana, Ph.D., director, Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development in Florida; Florida Congressman Tom Feeney; Congressman Dave Weldon; and OKeefe. Six sites around the U.S. are under consideration for location of the Center, which would centralize NASAs payroll, accounting, human resources, facilities and procurement offices that are now handled at each field center. The consolidation is part of the One NASA focus. Center Director Jim Kennedy also attended the presentation.

Hurricane Wilma, Washington, DC, October 25, 2005 R. David Paulison, the Acting Director of FEMA, reports on the landfall of hurricane Rita in Florida and outlines FEMA's response operation in partnership with the state. Bill Koplitz/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne at podium, with Secretary Gale Norton to his left, during Boise, Idaho signing event for Department of Interior-Idaho memorandum of agreement transferring bulk of responsibility for managing gray wolves in central Idaho from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to state wildlife officials

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH CHAIRMAN RICH CROTTY

Office of the Secretary - Press Conference International Property Rights

Severe Storms and Flooding, Eureka, MO, March 22, 2008 Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder speaks at a news conference with local and state officials to discuss the current operations in place to prepare for the cresting of rivers in the area. Eureka, MO--Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder speaks at speaks at a news conference with local and state officials to discuss the current opeartions in place to prepare for the cresting of rivers in the area.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Secretary of the Interior Historic Preservation Awards ceremony at Main Interior, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, and National Park Service Director Mary Bomar leading the proceedings

Signing event marking official designation of Bureau of Land Management Public Lands as the National System of Public Lands, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and Bureau of Land Management Director James Caswell leading the proceedings at Main Interior

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Resources for the Future (RFF) Policy Leadership Forum , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne in Los Angeles, California, joining California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski, and PacifiCorps Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Greg Abel at signing ceremony for the Klamath Basin Hydropower Agreement in Principle, under which the Department of the Interior, the states of California and Oregon, and PacifiCorp established a framework for addressing the potential removal of four Klamath Basin hydropower facilities in parallel with proposed Klamath Basin Restoration Act provisions for reliable water supply, low-cost power, and protection of species listed under the Endangered Species Act

Economic Development Administration - WHITE HOUSE PHOTOS

Healthy Forests Restoration Act signing event, with President George Bush, and, behind him, left to right, Montana Senator Max Baucus, Colorado Congressman Scott McInnis, Idaho Senator Mike Crapo, California Congressman Richard Pombo, Virginia Congressman Bob Goodlatte, Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran, Interior Secretary Gale Norton, Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman

Press conference, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici, and Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, announcing the impending reintroduction of 11 aplomado falcons to New Mexico--a step toward the full restoration of this bird population (the only domestic falcons still listed as endangered) to the southwestern U.S.

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Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Hydraulic Hybrid , Environmental Protection Agency

Preserve America ceremony at the Caucus Room of the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined First Lady Laura Bush, Congressmen Michael Turner of Ohio and Brad Miller of North Carolina, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Chairman John Nau III, and other dignitaries for announcement of the first 43 Preserve America grants for 2007 and acknowledgement of 20 new Preserve America communities

Office of Administration and Resource Management - Honor Awards , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao with Governor Gilmore (R-VA) Press Conference National Airport

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo conducts joint press availability with Angolan Foreign Minister Manuel Domingos Augusto in Luanda, Angola, on February 17, 2020.

Healthy Forests Restoration Act signing event at Department of Agriculture headquarters, with President George Bush, back turned in front, exchanging congratulations with Bureau of Land Management Deputy Director for Operations, Fran Cherry, among other representatives of Departments of Interior and Agriculture

Washington Senator Maria Cantwell among featured speakers at press conference, concerning an aerial survey of Mount St. Helens and the status of the rumbling volcano that is the subject of an official volcano advisory, at the U.S. Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington

Office of the Secretary - PRESS CONFERENCE: HOUSE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE

Office of the Secretary - Spring Weather Outlook Press Conference

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Libby Press Conference , Environmental Protection Agency

Tornado - Cordova, Ala. , June 8, 2011 Federal Coordinating Officer Mike Bryne (center) speaks at a press conference held at Cordova High School. Alabama State Coordinating Officer Jeff Byard and Cordova Mayor Jack Scott also spoke, pledging to rebuild the city stronger than before the April tornado. FEMA photo/Tim Burkitt. Alabama Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH SENATE LEADERSHIP PRESS CONFERENCE

Ceremony marking the official release of the Idaho quarter --part of the U.S. Mint's 50 State Quarters Program--at the Boise Depot, Boise, Idaho, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Jr., U.S. Mint Director Ed Moy, Idaho State Treasurer Ron Crane, Peregrine Fund President J. Peter Jenny, Idaho KTVB-TV newscaster Larry Gebert, and singer-poet Rudy Gonzales among the participants

National Press Club Performance Track , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Gale Norton, center, signing off on Water 2025 Challenge Grant for Utah's Springville Irrigation District, during ceremony in Orem, Utah marking roll-out of federal funding for 11 water management projects in Utah and one in Idaho. Water 2025 promotes voluntary water banks, new conservation technologies, and federal, state, tribal, private conservation cooperation

Office of the Secretary - PRESS CONFERENCE: HOUSE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, where he joined Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, Idaho Lieutenant Governor Jim Risch, and other officials for meetings, tours of the facility and surrounding area, and press conference on fire season preparations

Military delegation visiting Main Interior for Toys for Tots promotional event, meetings with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and other senior officials

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao visits the Southeast Tabernacle Baptist Church in Southeat Washington, DC for Public / Private Ventures Mentoring Event

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Oregon, part of the 2004 Take Pride in America Western Tour highlighting volunteer efforts on public lands, including a stop in Redmond for exhibit viewing, discussions, and a speech at the International Convention of the Family Motor Coach Association

Office of the Secretary - PRESS CONFERENCE: HOUSE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE

Severe Storms and Tornadoes, Deland, FL, February 9, 2007 FEMA Director David Paulison speaks during a press conference today in Deland. Director Paulison was touring central Florida to check on the progress of the recovery following the recent tornadoes. Mark Wolfe/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to New Orleans, Louisiana, where he opened, and announced high bid totals for, the Minerals Management Service-sponsored federal sales of offshore oil and natural gas leases in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (Lease Sale 224) and the Central Gulf of Mexico (Lease Sale 206). The sales, attracting a record-setting $3.7 billion in high bids, inaugurated a program of enhanced revenue sharing with oil and gas producing Gulf states, along with higher royalty rates.

International Trade Administration - World Standards Day Awards Announcement

Hurricane Gustav, New Orleans, LA, August 31, 2008 Governor Bobby Jindal and State and Government officials meet with the press to answer questions about Hurricane Gustav and how the State is preparing. Jacinta Quesada/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Bassmasters Classic professional fishing tournament dinner, sponsored by the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame, in Greenville, South Carolina, with speakers including Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, who announced the distribution of more than $700 million to 56 state and territorial wildlife agencies to fund fish and wildlife conservation efforts, boat access, shooting ranges, and hunter education

Secretary Gale Norton speaking during press conference, concerning an aerial survey of Mount St. Helens and the status of the rumbling volcano that is the subject of an official volcano advisory, at the U.S. Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington

Hurricane Ike, Galveston, TX, September 23, 2008 Roger Busch of the Small Business Administration, speaks at a press conference with local, state and federal partners about the reentry of citizens into the area after Hurricane Ike. Galveston, TX, September 23, 2008-- Roger Busch of the Small Business Adminstration, speaks at a press conference with local. state and federal partners about the reentry of citizens into the area after Hurricane Ike.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Secretary - Spring Weather Outlook Press Conference

Press briefing, concerning the President's International Initiative to Combat Kleptocracy, featuring remarks by Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Josette Shiner, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich, and Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Pat O'Brien, among other officials.

Federal Duck Stamp first day sale program at the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, with Secretary Gale Norton, South Dakota Senators Tim Johnson and John Thune, Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln, South Dakota Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth, Fish and Wildlife Service Acting Director Matt Hogan, and Washington, D.C. Postmaster Delores Killette joined by 2004 Duck Stamp Contest winning artist Mark Anderson and 2005 Junior Duck Stamp Contest winning artist Kerissa Nelson, among other attendees

Secretary Gale Norton, left, with Yosemite National Park, California Superintendent Michael Tollefson at press conference during Secretary's visit toYosemite. Visit was designed to promote Yosemite infrastructure improvement project plans and to highlight Earth Day themes

Oregon Congressman Greg Walden speaking at press conference, concerning an aerial survey of Mount St. Helens and the status of the rumbling volcano that is the subject of an official volcano advisory, at the U.S. Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Change a Light Kickoff, Annapolis Home Depot , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Gale Norton speaking, with Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum behind, during visit to Horseshoe Curve, Altoona, Pennsylvania, to mark efforts led by Santorum to reclaim abandoned mine lands and remove health, safety dangers for nearby residents

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