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gorbachev, tear down this wall." now myssor, a former republican president tells putin "do whatever the hell you want." that's a quote. a former president actually said that, bowing down to a russian leader. i think it'ss, a outrageous, unacceptable. [applause] america is a founding member of nato. the military alliance of democratic nations created after world war ii to prevent war and keep the peace. and today, we have made nato stronger than ever. we welcome finland to the alliance last year.

and just this morning, sweden officially joined, and their minister is here tonight. stand up. welcome. pres. biden: welcome, welcome, welcome. and they know how to fight. mr. prime minister, welcome to nato, the strongest military alliance the world has ever seen. i say this to congress, we have to stand up to putin. send me a bipartisan national security bill. history is literally watching. the united states walks away it will put ukraine at risk. europe is at risk. the free world will be at risk emboldening others to do us harm. my message to president putin is simple. we will not walk away.

[cheers and applause] we will not bow down. i will not bow down. in a literal sense history is watching. just like history watched three years ago on january 6, whenry capitol and threatened democracy. many of you were here on that darkest of days. we all saw with our own eyes that the insurrectionist were not patriots. they came to stop the peaceful transfer of power and overturn the will of the people. january 6 lies about the 2020 election and the plot to steal the election posed threat to

u.s., democracy the greatest since the civil war but they failed. [applause] america stood strong and democracy prevailed. the threat to democracy must be defended. my predecessor and some of you here seek to bury the truth nuary 6. i will not do that. this is a moment to speak the truth and bury the lies. here's the simple truth. you can't love your country only when you win. [cheers and applause] as i have done ever since being elected to office, i ask all of

you without regard to party, to join and defend democracy. remember the also for office and defend against all threats foreign and domestic. air elections. restore trust in our institutions and make cleapolitical violence has no place in america, zero place. [applause] again, it is not hyperbole. history is watchyour children and grandchildren will read about this day and what we do. history is watching another joining us tonight is a social worker from birmingham, alabama. 14 months ago she and her husband welcomed a baby girl thanks to the miracle of ivf. she is scheduled a treatment to have a second child. the alabama supreme court shut down the treatment across the

state unleashed by the supreme court decision to overturn roe v. wade. she was told her dream would have to wait. her family would not have happened unless congress acts. so tonight, let's stand up for families like her. to my friends across the aisle don't keep this waiting any longer. guarantee the right to ivf. [cheers and applause] pres. biden: like most americans, i believe roe v. wade got it right. i think vice president harris for being an incredible leader defending reproductive freedom and so much more. [applause] thank you. my predecessor was determined to see roe v. wade overturned.

and he brags about it. look at the chaos. that has resulted. joining us tonight is kate cox the wife and mother from dallas. she has become pregnant again and had a fetus with a fatal condition. her doctor told kate that her own life and ability to children in the future were at risk if she did not act. texas law banned her ability to act so kate and her husband had to leave the state to get what she needed. what her family went through should never have happened but it's happening with too many others. the state law criminalizing doctors, forcing survivors of rape and incest to leave their state to get treatment they need. many of you in this chamber and my predecessor have promised to$1 pass a ban on rep productive freedom. my god, what freedom else would you take away? the decision to overturn

wade, the supreme court wrote the following, and with all due respect, justices, women are not without electoral power- electoral or political power. [che applause] clearly, clearly those bragging about overturning roe v. wade have no clue about the power of women, but they found out when reproductive freedom was on the ballot. we won in 2022 and we will win again in 2024. if you the american people send

me an congress the support i promise you, i will restore roe v. wade as the law of the land again. folks, america cannot go back. ht to show what i believe is the way forward. i know how far we've come. four years ago next week before i came to office, the country was hit by the worst pandemic and worst economic crisis in a century. remember the fear, record losses, spikes in crime and murder rate, raging virus that took more than one million american lives, the loved ones that many left behind. the mental health crisis and isolation and loneliness. my predecessorbasic presidential duty he owes to the american people, the duty to care.

i think that's unforgivable. i came to office determined to get us through one of the toughest periods in the nation's history. we have. it doesn't make news, but in 1000 cities and towns, the american people are readying the greatest never told. [applause] let's tell the story here. tell it here and now. america's comeback is building the future of american possibilities, building the economy from the mibottom up, not the top down. investing in all americans to make sure everyone has a fair shot. we leave no one behind. the pandemic no longer controls our lives. the vaccine that saved us from covid is now being used to beat cancer, turning setbacks into comebacks. that's what america does. [applause]

folks when i inherited the economy, it was on the brink. now it is 15 million jobs in just three years, a record. a record. [applause] unemployment at 50 year a record 16 million americans starting small businesses and each one is a little act of hope. with historic job growth and small business growth for blacks hispanics, and asian americans, 800 thousand new manufacturing jobs in america and counting. we can be the manufacturing capital of the world. more people have health insurance today than ever before. the racial wealth gap is as

small as it has been in 20 years. wages go up and inflation is dropping. it has dropped from 9% to 3%, the lowest in the world, and tending lower. now instead of importing foreign products and exporting american jobs, we are importing american jobs products -- exporting american products and creating american jobs. it takes time but the american people are beginning to feel it. consumer studies show consumer confidence is soaring. by america has been the law of the land since the 1930's. the tax administration including my predecessors, and including some democrats i failed to buy american.

not anymore. on my watch, federal projects that you fund by helping build american roads bridges, and products will be made with american products and built by workers. paying good paying american jobs. [applause] and thanks to our trips and science act, the united states is investing more research and development than ever before. there's -- there was a shortage of cell phones and ships that drove up the prices. by the way, we invented those chips in america. instead of importing them, private companies are investing billions of dollars to build new chip factories here in america creating tens of thousands of jobs, many paying $100,000 a year and don't require a college degree. [applause]

in fact, my policies have attracted 650 billion dollars in private sector investment, clean energy advanced manufacturing, creating tens of thousands of jobs here in america. to our bipartisan infrastructure law, 46 thousand new projects have been announced across all communities. by the way, i noticed syou who strongly voted against it are there cheering on. [applause] i'm with you. if any of you don't want that money in your district, just let me know. [laughter] roads and bridges, ports and airports, public transit removing poisonous lead pipes so every child can drink clean

water without risk of brain damage. [applause] providing affordable high-speed internet for every american no matter where you live, urban suburban, rural communities in red states and blue states. record investments in tribal communities. because of my investment and family read by my secretary of agriculture who know better able to stay in the family because at small farms, children and grandchildren don't have to leave to make a living. the great comeback story is belvidere, illinois, home to an auto plant for nearly 60 years. before i came to office, the plant was on its way to shutting down. thousands of workers feared for their livelihoods. hope was fading. when i was elected office and we raised the belvidere repeatedly

with autoworkers knowing unions would make the difference. the uaw worked like hell to keep the plant open and get jobs back and together we succeeded. instead of all the factories shutting down, all the factories reopening, new state-of-the-art factories being built[applause] the folks at belvidere, i say instead of your town being left behind your community is moving forward again because instead of watching auto jobs of the future go overseas, 4000 union jobs with higher wages are building the future in right here in america. tonight, the uaw president, a great friend and great labor

leader. where are you? stand up. [applause] and dawn sims, a third generation uaw worker at belvedere proud to be the first president standing at the picket line. today, don has a good job providing stability for the family. showing once again, wall street did not build america. they are not bad guys, but they did not build it. the middle class built the country and unions built the middle class. applause] i say to the american people, when america gets knocked down we get back up. we keep going. that's america.

it's because of you america is coming back. it is because of you our future is brightest. it is because of you that proudly say the state of our union is strong and getting stronger. [applause] >>[chanting] four more years! pr tonight i want to talk about the future of possibilities we can build together, a future where thedays of trickle-down economics are over and the wealthy and big corporations no longer get tax breaks. i understand corporations. i come from state that has more corporations invested in the state than the other states

combined. i'm not anti-corporation, but i grew up in a home where trickle-down economics did not put much on my dad's kitchen table. that's why i'm determined to around so the middle class does well. when they do well, the poor and the wealthy still do well. there's more we can do to make sure you are feeling the benefits. . americans are paying more for prescription drugs than anywhere else in the world. it's wrong and i am ending it. [laughter] there's and signed, not one of you republican buddies voted for it. we finally beat big pharma. instead of paying $400 a month for insulin, it only costs $10 to make, and they can only get

paid $35 now and still make a healthy profit. i want to cap cost of insulin to $35 for everyone. for years, people have talked about it, but finally we got it done and gave medicaid the power to lower the cost of prescription drugs just like the v.a. is able to do for veterans. thatt just saving seniors money, it is saving taxpayers money. we cut the federal deficit by $160 billion. because medicare will no longer have to pay those exorbitant prices to big pharma. this year medicare is negotiating prices for some of the costliest drugs on the market to treat everything from

heart disease to arthritis. we will for 500 different drugs over the next decade. [applause] profitable. it will not only save lives, it will save taxpayers another $200 billion. starting next year, the same all caps total prescription drug costs for seniors on medicare to $2000 a year. even expensive cancer drugs that cost $10,000 15 thousand dollars, i want to cap it at $2000 a year for everyone. [applause] i'm going to get in trouble for saying it, but in toronto

berlin, moscow -- i'm sorry, but moscow probably. you can get it for 40% of what you pay now. same company, same drug. folks, the affordable care act the obamacare, is still a very big deal. [applause] over 100 million of you can no longer be denied health insurance because of a pre-existing condition. but my predecessor and many in this chamber want to take prescription drugs away by repealing the affordable care act. i'm not going to let that happen. [cheers and applause] we stopped at 50 times before and we will stop you again. in fact, i'm not only protecting it, i'm expanding it.

we enact a tax credit of $800 per person per year, we can reduce health care costs for millions of families. that tax credit expires next year. i want to make that savings permanent. [applause] to state the obvious, women are more than half our population. women's health has always been underfunded. . that's why we are launching the first ever white house &óinitiative on women's research led by jill, doing an incredible job as first lady. [applause] we passed my plan -- if passed, my plan will benefit millions of lives across america. i know the cost of housing is important to you.

inflation keeps coming down mortgage rates will come down as well and the fnowledges that but i'm not waiting. i want to provide an annual tax credit to give americans $400 a month for the next two years as down to put toward their mortgages when they buy their first home or trade up for a little more space. [chee and applause. ] pres. biden: and my administration is also eliminating title insurance on federally backed mortgages. when you refinance your home you can save $1000 or more as a consequence. for millions of renters, we are cracking down on big landlords who break antitrust laws by price-fixing and driving up rents. we cut red tape so builders can

get federally financing which is helping build a record 1.7 million new housing units nationwide. [applause] i will pass and build and renovate 2 million affordable homes and bring those rates down. to remain the strongest economy in the world, we need to have the best education system in the world. and i, like i suspect all of you, want to give every child a good start by providing access to preschool for three and four years old. i think i pointed out last year that children coming from broken

homes where there is no books and they are not read to or spoken to very often start school, kindergarten or first grade having heard one million or fewer words spoken. studies go that children who go to preschool are nearly 50% more likely to finish high school and go on to earn a two-year or four-year degree no matter what their backound is. [applause] and that year and a half ago with the leaders of the business roundtable, they were mad -- well, they were discussing. [laughter] why i wanted to spend money on education. i pointed out to them, as vice esident, i met with i think 182 of those folks. don't hold me to the exact number. i asked what they need most, the ceos. you've had the same experience

on both sides of the aisle. they say a better educated workforce.so i come from delaware, dupont used to be the eighth largest corporation in the world athey bought the educator the workforce. but none of you do that anymore. why are you angry with me providing you the opportunity for the best educated workforce in the world? they look at me and said, i think you're right. igh quality tutoring and summer learning to ensure every child learns to read by third grade. [applause] i'm also connecting local businesses and high schools so students get hands-on experience and a path to paying -- good paying jobs whether or not they go to college. i want to make sure college is more affordable.

let's continue increasing pell i! families and increase investment in hbcus and minority serving institutions. [applause] i was told i couldn't universally juq-ñç way you dealt with student loans. i fixed two student loan programs that already existed to reduce the burden of student debt for nearly 4 million americans including nurses, firefighters, and others in public service. like keenan jones, a public educator in minnesota who is here tonight. he's educating hundreds of students so they can go to college. now he's able to help after debt forgiveness to get his own daughter to college. [applause]

it's good for the economy because folks are now able to buy a home start a business, family. and while we are at it, i want to give public school teachers a raise. [cheers applause] by the way the first couple years, we cut the deficit. now let me speak to the question of fundamental fairness for all americans. i've been delivering real results in fiscally responsible ways. we already cut the federal deficit over $1 trillion. i signed a bipartisan deal to cut another trillion dollars in the next decade. it is my goal to cut the federal draft -- deficit another trillion dollars by getting big

corporations to finally pay their fair share. [cheers and applause] look, i'm a capitalist. if you want to make millions of hafair share in taxes. affaire tax code is how we invest things to make this country get -- great. here's the deal. the last administration enacted a $2 trillion tax cut overwhelmingly benefiting the top 1%, the very wealthy and biggest corporations the federal deficit. they added more history. check the numbers. folks at home, does anybody really think the tax code is

fair? do the wealthy need another $2 billion tax break? i sure don't. i'm going to keep trying to make it fair. under my nobody will pay any additional in taxes. nobody, not one penny, and they haven't yet. [applause] in fact, the child tax cut that i passed during the pandemic cut taxes for millions of working families and cut child poverty in half. restore that child tax credit. no child should go hungry in this country. the way to make the tax code fair to make big corporations and the wealthy begin to make their fair share. 55 of the biggest companies in america made $40 billion and paid zero in taxes.

zero. not anymore. thanks to the bill i signed, big companies have to pay a minimum of 50% but that's still less than working americans have to pay in taxes. it's time to make it 21% so every big corporation finally begins to pay their tax share. also want tax breaks for alliance and others. they can pay them 20 million if they want but deduct a million. end it now. there are 1,000 billionaires in america. you know what the average federal tax is for those billionaires? no, they're making great sacrifices. 8.2% far less that be the vast majority of americans pay.

no billionaire should may pay a lower tax rate than a teacher sanitation worker or a nurse. [applause] i propose a minimum tax for billionaires of 25%. just 25%. you know what they would raise? that would raise $500 billion over the next 10 years and imagine what that could do for america. imagine a future with affordable child care, millions of families can get what they need to go to work and help grow the economy. imagine a future with paid leave because no one should have to choose between working and taking care of their sick family member. imagine the futu of home care and elder care and people living with disabilities so they can stay in their homes and family caregivers can finally get the pay they deserve. tonight, let's all agree once again to stand up for seniors.

many of my friends on the other side of the aisle want to put social security on the chopping block. if anyone here trials to cut social security or medicare or raise the retirement age i will stop you. [applause] the working people -- the working people who built this country p into social kurt nan millionaires and billionaires do. it's not fair. we have two ways to go. republicut social security and give more tax breaks to the wealthy -- that's the proposal. oh no, you want another $2 trillion tax cut. i kind of thought that's what your plan was. well that's good to hear. you're not going to cut another $2 trillion for the super wealthy, that's good to hear. our protected social security

will make the health oh wealthy pay their fair share. [applause] look -- too many corporations raise prices to pad their profits, charging manre for less and less. that's our cracking diana on corporations engaged on price gouging and deceptive prices from food to health care to housing. in fact, the snack companies think you won't notice if they change the seize of the bag of a lot fewer -- same sites bag, put fewer chips in it. no, i'm not joking. it's called string-flation. pass bicycle casey's bill and stop this. i really mean it. [applause] you probably all saw that commercial on snickers bars.

you get charged tame amount and you have, i don't know, about 10% fewer snickers in it. i'm also getting getting rid of junk fees. those hidden fees at the end of the bill that are there without your knowledge. we're cutting social security fees from 20 dollars to $8. credit card companies allowed to charge what it costs them to instigate the collection and that's more a hell of a lot like $8 nan 30 something dollars. they don't like it. credit card companies but i'm saving american families $20 billion something a year with all the junk fees i'm eliminating. [applause] folks at home, that's why the banks are so mad is $20 billion

in profit. i'm not stopping there. my administration proposes rules to make cable, online ticket se to tell you the price up front so there are no surprises. it matters. it matters this. in november, my team began serious negotiations with a bipartisan group of senators. the result was a bipartisan bill with the toughers set of border reforms we've ever seen. oh you don't think so? oh, you don't like that bill, huh? that conservatives got together and, was a good bill? i'lle darnel amazing. that bipartisan would hire 1,500 machine security agents and officers. 100 more immigration officers help tackle the backlog. new policies so they canesolve cases in six months instead of

six years now. [applause] what do you get? 100 more high-tech drug detection machines to stop vehicles smuggling fentanyl into america that's killing thousands of children. this bill would save lives and bring order to the border. it would also give me and any new president new emergency north to temporarily shut down the border when the number of migrants at the border is overwhelming. the board every patrol has endorsed this bill. yeah, yeah. you're saying no. look at the facts. [applause] i know you know how to read. [applause] i believe that give the

opportunity for a majority in the house and senate would endorse the bill as wellight now but unfortunately politics has derailed this bill so far. i'm told my predecessor called members of congress in the senate to demand they block the bill. he feels it would be a political win for me and a political loser for him. it's not about him it's not about me. i'd be a winner n lincoln riley an innocent young woman who was killed bian -- laken riley, an innocent young woman who was killed bian illegal, that's right. my heart goes out to you. having lost children myself i understand but look, if we exchange the dynamic at the

border. people pay these smugglers $8,000 to get across the border because they know if they get by and let into the country, it's six to eight years before they have a hearing and it's worth taking the chance at the $8,000 but -- but if it's only the idea is it's highly unlikely that people will pay that money and come all that way knowing that they'll be able to get kicked out quickly. folks, i would respectfully suggest my republican friends owe it to the american people get this bill done. we need to act now. [applause] [audience chanting] and to my predecessors watching,

instead ofics and pressuring members of congress to block the bill, join me in telling the congress to pass it. we can do it together but apparently -- i will not demonize immigrants saying they are poison in the blood of ourcountry. [applause] i will not separate families. i will not ban people because of their faith. unlike my predecessor on any first day in office introduced a extensive bill. secure the border. provide a pathway for dreamers and so much more. but unlike my predecessor, i know who we are as americans. we're the only nation in the world with the heart and soul that draws fromnd enough. home to native americans and ancestors that have been here for thousands of years. home to people from every place on earth.

they came freely. some came in chains. some came when if a mini struck li my ancestral home in ire land. some to chase persecution. some to chase dreams. that's arica. and we all come from somewhere but we're all americans. [applause] >> look, folks, it's a simple choice. we can fight abo border or we can fix it. [applause] i'm ready to fix it. send me the border bill now. [rhythmic app >> a transformational moment in history happened 58, 59 years ago today in selma, alabama.

hundreds of foot soldiers for justice marched across the peptize bridge to get their right to vote. they were bloodyied and left for dead. our late friend and former colleague john lewis was on that march. we miss him. [applaus but joining us tonight our over -- are other marchers, both in the gallery and on the floor including betty mae fikes known as the voice of soldiers. the daughter of gospel preachers, she sang prayers on that bloody sunday to help shake the nation's conference. five months later the voting rights act passed and was signed into law. [applause]

thank you. thank you, thank you. but 59 years later there are forces taking us back in time. voter suppression. unlimited -- john lewis is a friend to all of us here but if you truly want to march with him, it's time to do more than talk. pass the freedom to vote act. the john lewis voting right act. [applause] and stop -- stop denying another core value of america.

our d across american life. banning books it's wrong. instead of erasing history make history. protect fundamental rights, pass the equality act. have i mentioned the transgender americans? i have your back. [applause] pass the pro act for workers' rights. raise the federal minimum wage because every worker has a right to a decent living more than seven bucks an hour. we're also making history bill confronting the climate crisis, not denying it. i don't think any of you think there's no longer climate crisis. at least i hope you don't. i'm taking the most significant action on our climate in the history of the world. i'm cutting our carbon emissions

inalf by 2030, creating tens of thousands of clean energy jobs by the ibw wkers cating 500,000 electricity vehicles. conserving 30% of american land and wa 2030. and taking action on environmental justice, fence line communities smothered by the legacy of pollution and patterned after the peace corps and america corps, i launch the climate corps to put 2 young people to work in the forefront of our clean energy future. i'll triple that number in a decade. [applause] to state the obvious -- all americans deserve the freedom to be safe and america is safer today than when i took offers. office, murder rates were up 30%.

30% they went up. the biggest increase in history. it was then through my american rescue plan, which every america voter voted against, we made the largest investment in public safety ever. last year the murder rate saw the biggest decries in history. the murder rate fell to more than 50%. but we have more to do. more health -- mental health workers. funds to cut down on retail crime and carjacking. taking executive action for police reform and calling for it to be the law of the land. directing my cabinet to review the federal classification of

marijuana because no one should be jailed for have it on their record. take on crimes of domestic violence. and ramping up the federal enforcement of the violence against women act that i proudly wrote when i was a start so it can finally finally end the scourge against women in america. [applause] there are other kinds of violence i want to stop. jasmine, whose 9-year-old sister jackie was murdered with 21 classmates and teachers in elementary school in uvalde, texas. very soon after that happened, jill and ill we believe the to uvalde for a couple of days. by spent hours and how's with each of the families. we heard their message so everyone in this room and this chamber could hear their men.

the constant refloodplain, nebs do something something. i did do something by establishing the first ever office of gun violence prevention in the white house. and the vice president is leading the charge. thank you for doing it. [applause] meanwhile, meanwhile my predecessor told the n.r.a. he's proud he did nothing on guns when he was president. ooh. after another shooting in iowa recently, he said when asked what to do about it, he said just get over it. that w his quote, just get over it. i say stop it! stop it, stop it, stop it. [applause]çz

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>> there's so much at stake. drives me crazy. thank you helping me through it. about time we had someone strong strong. >> thanks, thanks.

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the sergeant of arms. this way sir. >> how are you? >> and how are. very well. >> i know you know.

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>> you're going to do great things. i know you went to school in syracuse. we know that. >> we're going to follow the sergeant of arms. >> yep. mr. president, thank you. >> thank you, made me feel good. >> i was ready. [laughter] thank you. >> great speech. i was telling your secretary -- last weekend that you have to keep pushing what you're doing on the humanitarian stuff.

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>> you knock could it out of the ballpark. >> thank you. good to see you. >> mr. speaker, i move that the message of the president is referred to the committee of the hall on the state of union -- could not rule without >> does the gentlemanman from louisiana -- >> thank you. >> motion to adjourn. the ayes have motion the agreed to. >> thank you for -- governor lewis. we all loved him. >> great job.

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30% to 100%. >> i did not do it because -- the benefits package is really important. >> mr. p;zdent, i am looking forward to welcoming you to georgia on saturday. i be with you -- i will be with you. we love it, thank you, and we will bring it home for you on thursday. >> they need some help. [indiscernible chatter]

what i'm asking is that they speed up the pace. which is held a hearing with the family. if we do not have them. [indiscernible chatter] >> a million acre fire in my district. >> when you fly over and a

helicopter [indiscernible chatter] do you want me to sign it or i just want you to hold it. >> i will take it to delaware has the highest percentage. >> we have a ton of homes too. [indiscernible chatter] >> president, will you say

"hi" to my niece. >> hi, marissa. you have got your irish shirt on? all right. >> we have people waiting for us. we have to continue walking. >> thanks for coming. [laughter] [indiscernible chatter]

s>> this is jordan. thank you for taking the time. >> thank you. >> right this way. straight o you are looking good, man. >> so are you. let's go shopping. >> good to see you again. >> i work with him too. [laughter] >> look at him.

>> we are done? ok. [indiscernible chatter] >> for the first time in memory the president outlasted the house session and t, and president biden took over half an hour to work his way off the house floor. we stayed with the house because they were in session up until the end there. that is a commitment c-span has had since 1979.

kitty brooks, republican from alabama, senator started her response. it we will be playing that for you in just a few minutes. in the meantime, president biden will be in philaand atlanta on saturday for ca events. went to get your reaction to the president's speech and eventually to the republican response.