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DCPD-202100347 - Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress

Category: Budget and Presidential Materials

Collection: Compilation of Presidential Documents

Publisher: Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration

Event Date: April 28, 2021

President: Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Document Categories: Addresses and Remarks : Joint Session of Congress

Subjects: Afghanistan : U.S. military forces :: Deployment
Arms and munitions : Nuclear weapons and material :: Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with Russia
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders : Hate crimes and race-based violence
Budget, Federal : Deficit and national debt
Business and industry : Domestic investment, promotion efforts
Business and industry : Small businesses, promotion efforts
China : President
Civil rights : Firearm rights
Civil rights : Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons, equality
Civil rights : Racial equality
Civil rights : Women's rights and gender equality
Commerce, international : Free and fair trade
Commerce, international : Intellectual property law, strengthening efforts
Communications : Broadband and wireless technologies
Congress : Bipartisanship
Congress : House of Representatives :: Speaker
Congress : Joint Session address, President's
Congress : Senate :: Majority leader
Congress : Senate :: Minority leader
Defense and national security : Border security
Defense and national security : Cybersecurity :: Cyber attacks
Defense, Department of : Secretary
Diseases : Cancer research, prevention, and treatment
Diseases : Coronavirus, domestic prevention efforts
District of Columbia : Civil unrest and violence at U.S. Capitol
Drug abuse and trafficking : Opioid epidemic, efforts to combat
Economy, national : Household income and wages
Economy, national : Improvement
Economy, national : Poverty
Economy, national : Strengthening efforts
Education : Early childhood education programs
Education : Global competitiveness
Education : Postsecondary education :: Community colleges
Education : Postsecondary education :: Pell grants
Education : Schools, efforts to reopen
Elections : Voter participation
Employment and unemployment : Job creation and growth
Energy : Alternative and renewable sources and technologies :: U.S. production
Energy : Hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles :: Promotion efforts
Energy : Infrastructure and grid improvements
Environment : Climate change
Environment : Lead service lines, replacement efforts
Environment : Paris Agreement
Foreign policy, U.S. : Diplomatic efforts, expansion
Health and Human Services, Department of : National Institutes of Health
Health and medical care : Health insurance exchanges
Health and medical care : Health insurance reforms
Health and medical care : Home health care
Health and medical care : Medicare and Medicaid
Health and medical care : Prescription drugs, affordability and costs
Health and medical care : Research and development
Housing : Eviction and foreclosure, protection efforts
Immigration and naturalization : Citizenship
Immigration and naturalization : Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy, review
Immigration and naturalization : Reform
Infrastructure, national improvement efforts
Iran : Nuclear weapons development
Judiciary : Supreme Court :: Chief Justice
Labor issues : Minimum wage
Labor issues : Paid family and sick leave
Labor issues : Unions :: Labor movement and organized labor
Law enforcement and crime : Gang violence, prevention efforts
Law enforcement and crime : Gun control
Law enforcement and crime : Gun violence, prevention efforts
Law enforcement and crime : Policing best practices, improvement efforts
Legislation, proposed : COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act
Legislation, proposed : Equality Act
Legislation, proposed : For the People Act of 2021
Legislation, proposed : George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021
Legislation, proposed : Paycheck Fairness Act
Legislation, proposed : Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021
Legislation, proposed : Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2021
Minnesota : Trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin in 2020 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis
North Korea : Nuclear weapons development
Russia : President
Russia : Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with U.S., expansion
Russia : U.S. elections, interference
Science and technology : Research and development
State, Department of : Secretary
Taxation : Child tax credit
Taxation : Corporate tax rates
Taxation : Tax Code, reform
Taxation : Tax delinquency, reduction efforts
Terrorism : Al Qaida terrorist organization
Terrorism : Counterterrorism efforts
Terrorism : Global threat
Terrorism : Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization
Terrorism : September 11, 2001, attacks
Transportation : Highway system, modernization efforts
Veterans : Health and medical care
White House Office : Vice President

Names: Austin, Lloyd J., III; Biden, Jill T.; Blinken, Antony J.; Bush, George W.; Chauvin, Derek; Emhoff, Douglas C.; Floyd, Gianna; Harris, Kamala D.; Hayes, Brittney; McConnell, A. Mitchell; Obama, Barack; Pelosi, Nancy; Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich; Roberts, John G., Jr.; Schumer, Charles E.; Trump, Donald J.; Xi Jinping.

Locations: Washington, DC

Notes: The President spoke at 9:06 p.m. in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol. In his remarks, he referred to Senate Minority Leader A. Mitchell McConnell; Brittney Hayes, head charge nurse, Arizona State University's State Farm Stadium vaccination site in Glendale, AZ; President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin of Russia; Gianna Floyd, daughter of George Floyd, who died during an arrest by police officers in Minneapolis, MN, on May 25, 20; and Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer who was convicted in Mr. Floyd's murder on April 20. He also referred to H.R. 842, H.R. 7, H.R. 1280, S.937, H.R. 5, H.R. 1620, and H.R. 1; and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization. This transcript was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on April 29.