Joe Biden: “Inflation became a global problem due to the pandemic and Putin’s war”

“Let’s reduce student debt, increasing subsidies to working families. We are going to increase opportunities in high schools.”

“We are going to enact the Law for the Prevention of Improper Fees. We are going to restore dignity to work.”

“They are not going to threaten us with default on debt if we don’t reply. The social security and Medicare are no longer going to touch each other. We all agree, right? We have unanimity. He social security and medicare they are a lifeline to many Americans. We are going to defend the elderly”.

“We must increase the number of 114 billion dollars to toughen up those who deceive the tax. You have to be fiscally responsible. We have reduced the deficit by 1.7 trillion dollars”.

“Let’s finish this job, we’re going to end the cap on insulin at $35 for every american who needs it. Big Pharma is going to do well, I assure you.”

“We are going to make sure that the supply chain for the US starts here in our territory. we have already created 800 thousand new manufacturing jobs before the new law goes into effect. We are going to create hundreds of thousands of new jobs. More of 300 billion dollars in investment in manufacturing in the last two years.

“The price of gasoline has gone down. Inflation has gone down. On top of that, for the past two years, 10 million Americans have started new businesses. Every time someone founds a new company, it represents an aact of hope”.

“We have to reunify the country. During decades the middle class has hollowed out. For too long, many manufacturing employees have moved abroad. I ran for president to make sure the economy works. When the middle class is doing well, poverty has a ladder to climb. The rich always do well.

Biden: “We never give up. We are the only country that has come out of any crisis and that is what we are doing again. Two years ago the economy was reelingtoday, we have created a record of 12 million new jobsmore than have been created in a maximum of two years by any president.

LIVE: Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address from the House of Representatives

President Joe Biden enter the House of Representatives to start your state of the union address

Accompanied by applause from the Democratic party, members of the president’s cabinet Joe Biden enter the House of Representatives

Ukraine’s ambassador to the US among Joe Biden’s special guests

The Ukrainian ambassador to the United StatesOksana Markarova, is part of the special guests who will accompany the speech of President Joe Biden.

According to a statement from the White HouseMarkarova was invited by the first lady Jill Biden “In recognition of the United States’ sustained support for Ukraine almost a year after Russia’s unwarranted attack.”

LIVE: Kevin McCarthy welcomes Vice President Kamala Harris

Biden will give his speech from the podium of the House of Representatives in a completely different context than last year. Now Republicans control the floor, so it’s unlikely any significant new bills will make it to the president’s desk. The GOP is eager to reverse many of Biden’s gains and make the ugly point of ongoing investigations, including one into recent findings, at his residence and an office, of confidential documents from his time as vice president.

Biden will ask the country he leads to give him more time to achieve his biggest goals.

“That has always been my vision for the country: restore the soul of the nation, rebuild the backbone of America – the middle class – unite the country”. That’s what the president plans to say in his State of the Union address, according to excerpts released by the White House ahead of the prime-time address.

And also this: “We have been sent here to finish the job.” Biden is expected to formally announce his 2024 re-election campaign in the coming weeks. Most Democrats believe one term is enough, according to a poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Biden has drawn much criticism from Republicans for his handling of the Chinese spy balloon that traversed the United States before being shot down over the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday. Republican lawmakers had talked about introducing a resolution, just as the President was about to deliver his prime time speech, which would have condemned the Administration for this matter.

The plans have been scrapped and a bipartisan proposal to condemn China is being considered instead.

“It is too important a matter. And we want to be strong together against China instead of having our own infighting,” he told the news agency. PA Rep. Mike McCaul, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The Texas Republican sponsors the bipartisan resolution.

President Joe Biden will say America’s democracy is “bruised” but “intact” in a State of the Union address in which he will call on Republican opponents to unite to build a “blue-collar” economy, according to excerpts from the White House.

Biden will say that “our democracy remains unscathed and unshakable,” while urging Republicans and Democrats to “to work together” on a “blue-collar project to rebuild America.”

“We are not going to play children’s games”

The Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, kevin mccarthy indirectly referred to her predecessor, the Democrat Nancy Pelosiwho made a point of publicly tearing up his copy of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address right after he finished speaking in 2020.

rock star BondThe family of Tyre Nichols and the 26-year-old who disarmed a gunman in the Monterey Park, Calif., shooting last month will be among the prominent guests who will sit next to the first lady. Jill Biden .

The guests were invited “because they personify issues or themes” that Biden will address in the speech or because they embody administration policies that are working for the American people, the White House said. President Joe Biden is expected to refer to several of the guests by his name.

Doug Emhoffthe husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, will sit with the first lady and has invited Ruth Cohen, a 92-year-old Holocaust survivor from the Washington area, to be her guest, her office said. Emhoff, who is Jewish, has taken a leadership role in the administration’s efforts to combat anti-Semitism.

Biden to Highlight His Administration’s Economic Achievements in Annual State of the Union Address

Biden will want to talk about his accomplishments, set some goals for this year, point out things that need to be fixed, and cheer the nation on. And, of course, describe the state of the Union.

Doing all of that can take a while.. Biden’s 2022 State of the Union address lasted just over 62 minutes. Bill Clinton delivered the longest in history, of one hour and 28 minutesin 2000. The award for shortest speech goes to Republican George W. Bush, who spoke during 47 minutes in 2002.