DCPD-202400170 - Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the Union - DCPD-202400170 | Content Details

DCPD-202400170 - Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the Union

Category: Budget and Presidential Materials

Collection: Compilation of Presidential Documents

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

Event Date: March 7, 2024

President: Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Document Categories: Addresses to the Nation : State of the Union Address

Subjects: 2021 civil unrest and violence at U.S. Capitol
Abortion
Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA–H)
Agricultural production, strengthening efforts
Alabama, Supreme Court decision regarding status of frozen embryos resulting from in vitro fertilization
Arab- Israeli conflict, peace process
Asylum claims process, improvement efforts
Automobile industry, strengthening efforts
Bipartisanship
Border security
Broadband and wireless technologies
Cancer research, prevention, and treatment
Child tax credit
China, relations with U.S.
China, trade with U.S.
Civil rights movement
Climate change
College costs and affordability
Community policing programs, improvement efforts
Consumer data security, strengthening efforts
Corporate tax rates
COVID–19 pandemic
COVID–19 vaccines
Crime rates
Domestic violence
Drinking water, safety improvement efforts
Early childhood education and literacy
Economic improvement
Electric vehicle charging infrastructure, improvement efforts
Environmental justice
Federal deficit and debt
Federal minimum wage
Federal student loans, partial forgiveness
Finland, North Atlantic Treaty Organization accession
Firearm rights
Gaza, conflict with Israel
Gaza, hostages held by Hamas
Gaza, humanitarian situation
Gaza, international assistance
Gender-based violence
Gun control efforts
Gun violence, prevention efforts
Hamas political-paramilitary organization
Health care costs and affordability
Health insurance, access and availability
Hispanic-serving institutions
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
Home ownership, access and affordability
Household income and wages
Housing, affordability and access
Illegal drugs, interdiction efforts
Immigration reform
In vitro fertilization and reproductive assistance services
Inflation
Infrastructure improvements
Insulin cost controls
Iowa, shooting in Perry
Israel, military operations in Gaza
Israel, relations with U.S.
Job creation and growth
Junk fees imposed on consumers, prevention efforts
Labor movement and organized labor
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons, equality
Manufacturing industry, domestic investment
Marijuana, decriminalization efforts
Medicare and Medicaid programs
Middle East, regional integration and security
Minority-owned businesses, promotion efforts
National Security Act, 2024
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Office of Gun Violence Prevention
Opioid epidemic, efforts to combat
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Pell grants
Policing best practices, improvement efforts
Poverty reduction efforts
Prescription drug costs, reduction efforts
Public Service Loan Forgiveness program
Red Sea attacks on commercial shipping
Refugees and migrants, U.S. admission policy
Renewable energy sources and technologies
Reproductive health care
Research and development
Russia, conflict in Ukraine
Russia, detention of U.S. citizens
Russia, President
School support services and after-school programs, strengthening efforts
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of State
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Semiconductor manufacturing
Small businesses, promotion efforts
Social Security program
Speaker of the House of Representatives
State and local law enforcement, Federal support
State of the Union Address
Sweden, North Atlantic Treaty Organization accession
Sweden, Prime Minister
Taiwan, political status with respect to China
Tax Code reform
Tax relief
Teachers
Texas, 2022 shooting in Uvalde
U.S. Armed Forces, funding and equipment, improvement efforts
U.S. diplomatic efforts, expansion
U.S. servicemembers, environmental exposures in war zones
U.S. Supreme Court opinion overturning 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade
Ukraine, Russian invasion and airstrikes
Ukraine, U.S. assistance
Unemployment rate
United Auto Workers
Vice President
Voter participation
Voting rights, protection efforts
Yemen, Houthi militant organization
Yemen, U.S. and coalition airstrikes

Names: Beasley, Latorya; Biden, Jill T.; Blinken, Antony J.; Casey, Robert P., Jr.; Cazares, Jazmin; Cox, Justin; Cox, Kate; Fain, Shawn; Fikes, Bettie Mae; Gershkovich, Evan; Graham, Lindsey O.; Greene, Marjorie Taylor; Harris, Kamala D.; Ibarra, Jose; Johnson, J. Michael; Jones, Keenan; Karsan, Damla G.; Kristersson, Uli; Lankford, James P.; McDonough, Denis R.; Murphy, Christopher S.; Nikoui, Steven; Obama, Barack; Pelosi, Nancy; Phillips, Allyson; Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich; Riley, Jason; Simms, Dawn; Sinema, Kyrsten L.; Trump, Donald J.; Van Orden, Derrick; Vilsack, Thomas J.; Whelan, Paul N.

Locations: Washington, DC

Notes: The President spoke at 9:26 p.m. in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol. In his remarks, he referred to Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken; former Presidents Donald J. Trump and Barack Obama; Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson of Sweden; Damla G. Karsan, obstetrician/gynecologist, Comprehensive Women's Healthcare in Houston, TX; Dallas, TX, resident Justin Cox; Keenan Jones, family partnership lead, Wayzata Public Schools in Hennepin County, MN; Sens. Kyrsten L. Sinema, Christopher S. Murphy, and James P. Lankford; Jose Ibarra, a Venezuelan citizen suspected in the death of Laken H. Riley, an Augusta University nursing student who was killed on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, GA, on February 22; Allyson Phillips and Jason Riley, parents of Ms. Riley; Jazmin Cazares, whose sister Jackie was killed in the shooting at Uvalde Elementary School in Uvalde, TX, on May 24, 2022; Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter and U.S. citizen who was arrested by Russian authorities on March 29, 2023; Paul N. Whelan, a U.S. citizen who was arrested and held on espionage charges by Russian security services in Moscow, Russia, on December 28, 2018; Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis R. McDonough; Sen. Lindsey O. Graham; and Rep. Nancy Pelosi. He also referred to H.R. 815. The transcript was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on March 8.