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DCPD-202500325 - 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: March 4, 2025

President: Donald J. Trump

Document Categories: Addresses to the Nation : Joint Session of Congress

Subjects: 2024 Presidential election
Afghanistan, 2021 terrorist attack in Kabul
Afghanistan, withdrawal of U.S. military forces
Attorney General
Autism spectrum disorders
Automobile industry, strengthening efforts
Bipartisanship
Border security
Canada, trade with U.S.
China, trade with U.S.
Criminal justice system, reform efforts
Critical minerals, supply chain improvements
Diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, restriction efforts
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal deficit and debt
Federal regulations, reduction efforts
First responders, service and dedication
Foreign narcotics traffickers
Gaza, hostages held by Hamas
Geographic names, efforts to restore American greatness
Government accountability and transparency, strengthening efforts
Greenland, political status with respect to Denmark
Illegal drugs, interdiction efforts
Illegal immigration
Immigration reform
Inflation
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization
Joint Session of Congress, President's address
Law enforcement officers, service and dedication
Manufacturing industry, domestic investment
Mexico, border with U.S., infrastructure and security
Mexico, trade with U.S.
Middle East, regional integration and security
Missile defense, improvement efforts
Oil and natural gas, domestic production
Opioid epidemic, efforts to combat
Pakistan, counterterrorism efforts, cooperation with U.S.
Panama Canal, ownership and operations
Pennsylvania, 2024 assassination attempt on former President Donald J. Trump in Butler
Russia, conflict in Ukraine
Russia, President
Russia, release of detained U.S. citizen
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Defense
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Secretary of Homeland Security
Secretary of State
Semiconductor manufacturing
Senate confirmation process
Senate majority leader
Shipbuilding industry, improvement efforts
Social Security program
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Sports, efforts to restrict transgender participation
TAKE IT DOWN Act
Tariffs
Tax Code reform
Texas, Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge
Transgender athletes, efforts to restrict participation
Transnational criminal organizations
U.S. Border Patrol
U.S. DOGE Service
U.S. foreign aid programs, funding and policies
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
U.S. military readiness, improvement efforts
U.S. Secret Service
U.S. visa policy
Ukraine, critical minerals supply
Ukraine, international military aid
Ukraine, President
Ukraine, Russian invasion and airstrikes
Ukraine, U.S. assistance
Undocumented immigrants, deportation of criminals
Vice President
White House Border Czar
White House Senior Adviser

Names: Abrams, Stacey Y.; Barra, Mary T.; Berry, Elliston; Biden, Joseph R., Jr.; Bondi, Pamela J.; Comperatore, Allyson; Comperatore, Helen; Comperatore, Kaylee; Cook, Timothy D.; Copenhaver, James; Curran, Sean M.; Daneil, D.J.; Daniel, Theodis; Denard, Jeff; Denard, Nicole; Diller, Ryan; Diller, Stephanie; Dutch, David; Elkann, John; Ellison, Larry; Farley, James D., Jr.; Ferguson, Haley; Fogel, Malphine; Fogel, Marc H.; Ford, William D., Jr.; Green, Alexander N.; Harris, Kamala D.; Hartley, Jason; Hegseth, Peter B.; Homan, Thomas D.; Ibarra, José; Johnson, J. Michael; Jones, Lindy; Kennedy, Robert F., Jr.; Killips, Austin; Littlejohn, January; Littlejohn, Jeffrey; Martinez-Rangel, Johan Jose; McFarland, William; McNabb, Payton; Musk, Elon R.; Noem, Kristi L.; Nungaray, Alexis; Ortiz, Roberto; Patel, Kashyap P. "Kash"; Perez, Paul A.; Peña Ramos, Franklin Jose; Phillips, Allyson; Phillips, Lauren; Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich; Rau, Brent; Riley, Jason; Rivera, Guy; Rollins, Brooke L.; Rottinghaus, David; Rubio, Marco A.; Sharifullah, Mohammad; Thune, John R.; Trump, Melania; Vance, James D. "J.D."; Warren, Elizabeth A.; Zelenskyy, Volodymyr.

Locations: Washington, DC

Notes: The President spoke at 9:19 p.m. in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol. In his remarks, he referred to professional cyclist Austin Killips; Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins; White House Senior Adviser Elon R. Musk; Stacey Y. Abrams, Ronald W. Walters Endowed Chair for Race and Black Politics, Howard University; Mary T. Barra, chairman and chief executive officer, General Motors Co.; James D. Farley, Jr., chief executive officer, and William D. Ford, Jr., executive chairman, Ford Motor Co.; John Elkann, chairman and executive director, Stellantis; Larry Ellison, chairman of the board and chief technology officer, Oracle Corp.; former Vice President Kamala D. Harris, in her capacity as the 2024 Democratic Presidential nominee; Timothy D. Cook, chief executive officer, Apple Inc.; Haley Ferguson, student, Middle Tennessee State University; Aledo, TX, resident Elliston Barry; White House Border Czar; Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi L. Noem; Paul A. Perez, president, National Border Parol Council; José Ibarra, who was convicted in the murder of Laken H. Riley, an Augusta University nursing student killed on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, GA, on February 22, 2024; Allyson Phillips, mother, Lauren Phillips, sister, and Jason Riley, father, of Ms. Riley; Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel and Franklin Jose Peña Ramos, who were charged in the June 17, 2024, murder of Jocelyn Nungaray in Houston, TX; Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kashyap P. "Kash" Patel; Guy Rivera, who was charged in the March 15, 2024, murder of New York Police Department Det. Jonathan Diller during a traffic stop in Queen, NY, and codefendant Lindy Jones, who was indicted on weapon charges; Theodis Daniel, father of honorary U.S. Secret Service agent D.J. Daniel; Tallahassee, FL, resident Jeffrey Littlejohn; Jason Hartley, student, St. Paul High School in Santa Fe Springs, CA; Mohammad Sharifullah, also known as "Jafar," a member of the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham-Khorasan Province (ISIS–K) terrorist organization, who was arrested on March 2 and charged with providing and conspiring to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization resulting in death; President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin of Russia; Marc H. Fogel, a U.S. citizen who was arrested in August 2021 by Russian authorities, charged with carrying a small amount of medical marijuana, and released into U.S. custody on February 11; New Kensington, PA, resident David Dutch, and Moon Township, PA, resident James Copenhaver, who were injured in the assassination attempt on former President Trump in Butler, PA, on July 13, 2024; and Brent Rau and David Rottinghaus, emergency room physicians, Butler Memorial Hospital in Butler. He also referred to S. 4569; Executive Order 14229; and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization. Speaker Johnson referred to House Sergeant at Arms William McFarland. The transcript was released by the Office of Communications on March 5.