In the first State of the Union address of his presidency, Biden urged unity in dealing with Russia, addressed his plans for inflation and remained optimistic about life after the pandemic:
U.S. President Biden delivers the State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol House Chamber on Tuesday.
Biden made mention of some progressive policy items, such as the need for robust voting-rights legislation and stood up for transgender and abortion rights . The president's defiant tone on the crisis elicited several moments of bipartisan applause, something rare in this partisan age. That is, of course,Another striking visual was the absence of masks in this speech in the age of COVID. It was a sign of the eagerness that Americans feel in wanting to move past the pandemic, and the president was cautiously optimistic.
Biden tried to say he understands that inflation is pinching lots of Americans."I grew up in a family where if the price of food went up, you felt it," the president said, before pointing out that that's why he pushed to pass the COVID relief bill., which asked Americans what they thought should be Biden's top priority. Far and away, the top answer was inflation.Biden laid out a kitchen-sink approach.
Talking about the bipartisan infrastructure bill, Biden thanked Republicans who voted for it, but got this in on former President Trump."We're done talking about infrastructure weeks," he said."We're going to have an infrastructure decade."
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