Date | March 1, 2022 |
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Time | 9:00 pm[1] (EST) |
Duration | 1 hour, 1 minute |
Venue | House Chamber, United States Capitol |
Location | Washington, D.C. |
Coordinates | 38°53′19.8″N 77°00′32.8″W / 38.888833°N 77.009111°W |
Type | State of the Union Address |
Participants | |
Footage | C-SPAN |
Previous | 2021 Joint session speech |
Next | 2023 State of the Union Address |
Website | whitehouse.gov |
The 2022 State of the Union Address was given by the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden, on March 1, 2022, at 9:00 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 117th United States Congress.[1][2] It was Biden's first State of the Union Address[3] and his second speech to a joint session of the United States Congress.[4] Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, accompanied by Kamala Harris, the vice president, in her capacity as the president of the Senate.[4][a]
Biden's speech was primarily focused on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began six days earlier, as well as his touting of major policy achievements and goals surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the economy, and social issues.[5]
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