Cabinet Roles #1
Ensures farming standards, shipping and production of agricultural products, food safety, protects natural resources
Department of Agriculture
Advises on climate and global warming. Its mission is to protect human and environmental health.
Environmental Protection Agency
Helps to develop, shape, and expand health policies through executive orders, monitors health outbreaks and diseases, health insurance
Department of Health and Human Services
In charge of USPS (post service)
Post Master General
Oversees and protects natural resources, wildlife, scientific research and land usage, laws about land
Maintains national parks and national monuments
Department of the Interior
Create the conditions for economic growth and opportunity, Support business and industry and helps to make new job opportunities for people, deals with business and trade
Department of Commerce
In charge of the president's workers; Work with everyone in White House. You want to get to the president, you got to get through them.
White House Chief of Staff
Works to improve the security of the United States. The Department's work includes customs, border, and immigration enforcement, emergency response to natural and man-made disasters, anti terrorism work, and cyber-security.
Department of Homeland Security
Helps law enforcement and to investigate, ensure cases are handled correctly across the country, oversee all field agents, fight terrorism, uphold federal laws
FBI Director
Carries out the President's foreign policies, negotiate and advise about other countries
Department of State
Responsible for the military and national security
Department of Defense
Responsible for talking to the press, reporters, interviews
White House Press Secretary
Enforces workplace laws and rights. Addresses job training and safe working conditions, makes sure wages are legal, improves working conditions, enforces and suggests laws involving unions
Department of Labor
Writes speeches for the president, does final speech check
Presidential Speech Writer
Improve and lead transportation system (climate laws, jobs, equity), help with tax collection and enforce laws
Department of Transportation
Promotes student learning and prepares people for life. Tries to make the education system in the US the best, promotes school access, collects financial aid
Department of Education
Gives legal advice
Lawyers for the president on official main matters
White House Counsel
What communities look like, Creating ways to bring water to the west coast and build roads
Department of Housing and Urban Development
President of the Senate, presiding officer, breaks the vote in Senate, presides over receiving and collecting electoral ballots in presidential elections, shall become president in case of the removal of the president
Vice President
Trade representative, important in the world economy-helps to bolster other economies.
manages federal finances by collecting taxes and paying bills and by managing currency, government accounts and public debt
Department of Treasury
Helps use natural resources for fuel (gas, nuclear, wind, solar)
Department of Energy
In charge of national security (border, airports, and terrorism); meet and discuss threats
National Security Advisor
Making sure laws are enforced, defend US in court, ensure justice
Attorney General/ Department of Justice
Hostess to the White House
Attends functions with the president
Advocates for particular policies
Role model for many women
First Lady
Administers benefits for veterans and their families and their survivors
Provides health, education, disability and benefits which is earned by veterans of the US
Department of Veteran's Affairs