DCPD-202600078 - Remarks on Signing the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, and an Exchange With Reporters - DCPD-202600078 | Content Details

DCPD-202600078 - Remarks on Signing the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, and an Exchange With Reporters

Publisher: Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration

Document Categories: Bill Signings and Vetoes : Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, signing remarks

Subjects: Arizona, apparent kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie in Catalina Foothills
Border security
CNN
Colombia, President
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
Crime rates
Department of Justice files concerning deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
District of Columbia, law enforcement improvement efforts
Election security and integrity, strengthening efforts
Federal Government, appropriations legislation
Federal spending, reduction efforts
Health care costs and affordability
Illegal immigration
Internal Revenue Service
Iran, diplomatic engagement with U.S.
Iran, U.S. airstrikes on nuclear facilities
Louisiana, law enforcement improvement efforts in New Orleans
Management and Budget, Office of
Minnesota, immigration enforcement actions
News media, fairness and accuracy
Prescription drug costs, reduction efforts
Russia, conflict in Ukraine
Russia, President
Secretary of Commerce
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Steel and aluminum, domestic production
Tax Code reform
Tennessee, law enforcement improvement efforts in Memphis
U.S. foreign aid programs, funding and policies
U.S. military readiness, improvement efforts
Ukraine, Russian invasion and airstrikes
Venezuela, relations with U.S.

Names: Aderholt, Robert B.; Andrews, Annie; Avcin, Susan Ross; Barrasso, John A., III; Bice, Stephanie I.; Britt, Katie Boyd; Calvert, Kenneth S.; Capito, Shelley Moore; Carter, Earl L. "Buddy"; Carter, John R.; Clinton, Hillary Rodham; Clinton, William J.; Cole, Thomas J.; Collins, Susan M.; Duncan, Hal; Díaz-Balart, Mario R.; Graham, Lindsey O.; Guthrie, Savannah; Hagerty, William F., IV; Hyde-Smith, Cindy; Jackson, Ronny L.; Johnson, J. Michael; Joyce, David P.; Lutnick, Howard W.; Mandelson, Peter; McDonnell, Elizabeth A.; Musk, Elon R.; Petro Urrego, Gustavo; Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich; Trump, Melania; Womack, Stephen; Womack, Terri L. Williams.

Notes: The President spoke at 4:22 p.m. in the Oval Office at the White House. In his remarks, he referred to Terri L. Williams Womack, wife of Rep. Womack, who died on January 18; South Carolina Democratic senatorial candidate Annie Andrews; Hal Duncan, Associate Director of Legislative Affairs, Office of Management and Budget; Susan Ross Avcin, Chief Clerk, House Appropriations Committee; Elizabeth A. McDonnell, Staff Director, Senate Appropriations Committee; President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin of Russia; United Kingdom's former Ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson; journalist and author Michael Wolff; Savannah Guthrie, cohost of NBC News' "Today" program, whose mother Nancy Guthrie was apparently abducted from her Catalina Foothills, AZ, home on February 1; and former White House Senior Adviser Elon R. Musk.. Sen. Barrasso referred to former President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Sen. Hagerty referred to former Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen. Sen. Graham referred to White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller. H.R. 7148, approved February 3, was assigned Public Law No. 119–75. The transcript was released by the Office of Communications on February 4.