President Joe Biden will deliver his annual State of the Union speech before Congress on February 7, the White House said.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the White House Tribal Nations Summit at the Interior Department in Washington, U.S., November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Washington, United States — President Joe Biden will deliver his annual State of the Union speech before Congress on February 7, the White House said Friday. The new speaker of the House of Representatives, Republican Kevin McCarthy, sent a “kind invitation and the president has accepted it and looks forward to delivering the State of the Union,” Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.This will be Biden’s first speech before a divided Congress since he took office in 2021.
His previous appearances at the annual set piece address — a chance to lay out his year’s plans before a national audience — took place when Democrats held narrow majorities in both chambers.
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