@POTUS on busy legislative agenda: "You know me. I'm a born optimist. I think things are going to go well. I think we're going to get it done."

Arizona Senate President Karen Fann (R) speaks about the report of the independent audit of the 2020 election in Maricopa County, which confirms Joe Biden beat Donald Trump. She says the audit was never about overturning the election results, but instead was about ensuring ballot integrity and security.

CDC Director Dr. Walensky outlines why she decided to expand booster shots to those 18 and older who are at high risk for exposure due to occupation including health care workers or institutional settings including prisons and homeless shelters. 

While delivering remarks on the country's COVID-19 response, President Biden said that it is approved for the majority of Americans who have been fully vaccinated with the Pfizer shot for at least six months are now eligible for a booster shot. He went on to say they are still studying the data for the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines before they can greenlight a booster for those two vaccines, but that Americans who were given the Moderna or the Johnson & Johnson shots are still highly protected from the virus.

@PressSec Jen Psaki on revenue agreement: "We certainly think it's progress and it builds on the president's meetings he had yesterday with leadership, with moderates, with progressives to talk about the path forward."

Democratic Representatives Rashida Talib (MI) and Ted Deutch (FL) gave dueling floor speeches Thursday during a House debate over whether to provide $1 billion to replenish Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system. 

@PressSec Jen Psaki says Border Patrol agents will no longer be using horses in Del Rio, Texas.

President Biden: "The United States is buying other half-billion doses of Pfizer to donate to low and middle-income countries around the world...It brings our total commitment of donated vaccines to over 1.1 billion vaccines."

@PressSec Jen Psaki on a phone call between President Biden and French President @EmmanuelMacron: "It was friendly. It was one where we're hopeful and the president is hopeful this is a step in returning to normal."

Fed Chair Powell: "If progress continues broadly as expected, the committee judges that a moderation in the pace of asset purchases may be warranted."