The California Drought, and How We're Helping

DAILY SNAPSHOT Tuesday, February 18, 2014             Featured The California Drought, and How We're Helping On Friday, President Obama headed to California to tour drought-affected areas and talk to those affected by impacts of one of the state's worst droughts in over 100 years. While there, President Obama announced new actions that the Administration will take to help the farmers, ranchers, small businesses, and communities being impacted. See the drought's effect up close, and watch President Obama's announcement.       Top Stories The Fifth Anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Five years ago, President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. In the four years following the Recovery Act, the President built on this initial step, signing into law over a dozen fiscal measures that extended key features of the Act and provided new sources of support. READ MORE Weekly Address: Calling on Congress to Raise the Minimum Wage Last week, President Obama took action to lift more workers' wages by requiring that federal contractors pay their employees a fair wage of at least $10.10 an hour. In this week's address, he highlights that executive action and calls on Congress to pass a bill to raise the federal minimum wage for all workers. READ MORE Weekly Wrap Up: the French Visit, the President Raises the Wage for Federal Contractors, and More President Obama welcomed French President François Hollande and raised the minimum wage for federal contractors. The White House Chefs prepared a beautiful state dinner and POTUS sampled a very tasty chip! Check out what you missed last week in the weekly wrap up. READ MORE       Today's Schedule All times are Eastern Time (ET) 11:20 AM: The President delivers remarks 1:00 PM: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney WATCH LIVE 2:50 PM: The President meets with leaders from African American civil rights groups 3:00 PM: The Vice President holds a listening session with college students as part of the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault 4:05 PM: The President and Vice President meet with Secretary of Defense Hagel 5:45 PM: The President hosts a screening of The Monuments Men at the White House   Facebook    Twitter   |   More Ways to Engage Did Someone Forward This to You? Sign Up for Email Updates This email was sent to e0nstar1.blog@gmail.com Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy Please do not reply to this email. Contact the White House The White House • 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW • Washington, DC 20500 • 202-456-1111