White House Announces , Biden Will Deliver <br />State of the Union , Address Next Month.<br />On January 13, the White House announced that <br />President Joe Biden will deliver a State of the Union <br />address to Congress on Tuesday, February 7.<br />ABC reports that Biden accepted new House Speaker <br />Kevin McCathy's invitation to make his first address to <br />Congress since Republicans took control of the House.<br />ABC reports that Biden accepted new House Speaker <br />Kevin McCathy's invitation to make his first address to <br />Congress since Republicans took control of the House.<br />The president has accepted it <br />and looks forward to delivering <br />the State of the Union address. <br />We truly appreciate the kind <br />invitation by Speaker McCarthy, Karine Jean-Pierre, White House press secretary, via ABC.<br />McCarthy tweeted a copy of his letter to the president, <br />noting that it was his "solemn obligation" to make <br />the invitation as the new Speaker of the House.<br />The American people sent us to <br />Washington to deliver a new direction <br />for the country, to find common <br />ground, and to debate their priorities, Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the House, via Twitter.<br />ABC reports that McCarthy's invitation to the president <br />has a sharply contrasting tone compared to last year's <br />invitation from former speaker Nancy Pelosi.<br />Since becoming House Speaker, McCarthy told Congress that it must investigate potential mishandling of classified documents by Biden, news of which surfaced last week.<br />In 2021, Biden's State of the Union address came just days <br />after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine and as the <br />United States headed into its third year of the pandemic.<br />In 2021, Biden's State of the Union address came just days <br />after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine and as the <br />United States headed into its third year of the pandemic.<br />At the time, Biden reportedly highlighted his <br />administation's efforts to combat rising inflation and <br />enacting what he called "a unity agenda for the nation."
