--- title: Jared Kushner Voice: Hear the Aide Speak at White House description: The White House adviser delivers rare public remarks at White House tech summit canonical: https://time.com/4824091/jared-kushner-speak/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-19T18:51:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T16:13:03.182Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hear Jared Kushner Speak in a Rare Public Appearance og:description: For a White House adviser with such an expansive portfolio, Jared Kushner is rarely heard. og:url: https://time.com/4824091/jared-kushner-speak/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea8f435af13cb5e4/6988d253fb4eac2aeb89287d/gettyimages-697752016.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5155 og:image:height: 2900 og:image:alt: Jared Kushner Praises Tech Leaders At White House Meeting og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hear Jared Kushner Speak in a Rare Public Appearance twitter:description: For a White House adviser with such an expansive portfolio, Jared Kushner is rarely heard. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea8f435af13cb5e4/6988d253fb4eac2aeb89287d/gettyimages-697752016.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hear Jared Kushner Speak in a Rare Public Appearance > Sponsored content. 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Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images Jared Kushner, senior White House adviser, speaks during a meeting with technology executives in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, June 19, 2017\. Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Jun 19, 2017 6:51 PM UTC For a White House adviser with such an expansive portfolio, Jared Kushner is rarely heard. President Trump’s son-in-law delivered remarks on camera at a [summit that brought leaders in the tech industry](http://fortune.com/2017/06/18/jared-kushner-technology-summit-white-house/) to the White House on Monday. At the summit, Kushner discussed the Trump Administration’s efforts to modernize the systems of the federal government and called on the tech industry to help. “We will unleash the creativity of the private sector to provide citizen services in a way that has never happened before,” Kushner said Monday. He also discussed a recently announced plan to overhaul [the veteran medical records’ system](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/va-head-announces-plan-overhaul-veterans-health-records-n768491) by the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. Kushner has emerged as a key figure in Trump world, known for having the President’s trust and his ear. In his role as senior adviser, he has been tasked with tackling criminal justice reform policy and [brokering Middle East peace](http://time.com/4823327/jared-kushner-middle-east-travel-peace-deal-israeli-palestinian/) by his father-in-law-slash-boss. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4824091/jared-kushner-speak/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4824091/jared-kushner-speak/"},"headline":"Hear Jared Kushner Speak in a Rare Public Appearance","datePublished":"2017-06-19T18:51:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:13:03.182Z","description":"The White House adviser delivers rare public remarks at White House tech summit","url":"https://time.com/4824091/jared-kushner-speak/","keywords":["White House","Donald Trump","Veterans Affairs","jared kushner"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea8f435af13cb5e4/6988d253fb4eac2aeb89287d/gettyimages-697752016.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea8f435af13cb5e4/6988d253fb4eac2aeb89287d/gettyimages-697752016.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jared Kushner Praises Tech Leaders At White House Meeting","caption":"Jared Kushner Praises Tech Leaders At White House Meeting","creditText":"Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4824091/jared-kushner-speak/","name":"Hear Jared Kushner Speak in a Rare Public Appearance"}}]}] ```