Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean | white house press secretary
JamesS.BradyPressBriefingRoom2:42P.M.EDTMS.JEAN-PIERRE: Hey,goodafternoon,everyone.Q Goodafternoon.MS.JEAN-PIERRE: Oh,okay. Okay,Ijusthaveonethingatthetopandthenwecangetgoing. DoIsoundokay? Q Yeah.MS.JEAN-PIERRE: Yeah?Q Yeah. MS.JEAN-PIERRE: Allright,notaweirdecho? Soundslikeaweirdecho.Q Thereisalittlebitofanecho.Q There’salittlebitofecho. MS.JEAN-PIERRE: Ithappensfromtimetotime. Allright. So,yesterday’sTrusteesReportmadeclearMedicareisstrongerandSocialSecurityremainsstrong. Presid...
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room
2:42 P.M. EDT
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hey, good afternoon, everyone.
Q Good afternoon.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Oh, okay. Okay, I just have one thing at the top and then we can get going.
Do I sound okay?
Q Yeah.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Yeah?
Q Yeah.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: All right, not a weird echo? Sounds like a weird echo.
Q There is a little bit of an echo.
Q There’s a little bit of echo.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: It happens from time to time.
All right. So, yesterday’s Trustees Report made clear Medicare is stronger and Social Security remains strong. President Biden’s economic plan has helped extend Medicare solvency by a decade.
The President’s budget lays out his plan to further protect and strengthen Social Security and Medicare by extending Medicare solvency permanently by aski...