Pelosi Rejects Trump's Latest br Attempt to Deliver SOTU The response from the House Speaker br comes right after the president said br he'd make the planned address. Nancy Pelosi, via statement By law, the Speaker of the House controls the chamber Pelosi originally said the SOTU should be delayed due to the government shutdown's affect on secret service agencies. Trump and the Department of Homeland Security have insisted br that won't make a difference.