President Joe Biden to Deliver Second State of the Union Address on February 7th

President Joe Biden will deliver his second State of the Union address before Congress on Feb. 7, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced Friday.

The invitation to deliver the speech was extended by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who wrote to Biden in a letter.

“In that spirit, it is my solemn obligation to invite you to speak before a Joint Session of Congress on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 so that you may fulfill your duty under the Constitution to report on the state of the union,” McCarthy’s letter to Biden said.

Biden accepted the invitation and expressed his gratitude for the prompt invitation.

“The president is grateful for and accepts Speaker McCarthy’s prompt invitation to address the peoples’ representatives in Congress,” Jean-Pierre said in a statement. “He looks forward to speaking with Republicans, Democrats, and the country about how we can work together to continue building an economy that works from the bottom up and the middle out, keep boosting our competitiveness in the world, keep the American people safe, and bring the country together.”

The State of the Union address is an annual event in which the president addresses Congress and the nation to report on the state of the union and outline the administration’s policy agenda for the coming year.