White House Announces , Biden Will Deliver br State of the Union , Address Next Month.br On January 13, the White House announced that br President Joe Biden will deliver a State of the Union br address to Congress on Tuesday, February 7.br ABC reports that Biden accepted new House Speaker br Kevin McCathy's invitation to make his first address to br Congress since Republicans took control of the House.br ABC reports that Biden accepted new House Speaker br Kevin McCathy's invitation to make his first address to br Congress since Republicans took control of the House.br The president has accepted it br and looks forward to delivering br the State of the Union address. br We truly appreciate the kind br invitation by Speaker McCarthy, Karine Jean-Pierre, White House press secretary, via ABC.br McCarthy tweeted a copy of his letter to the president, br noting that it was his "solemn obligation" to make br the invitation as the new Speaker of the House.br The American people sent us to br Washington to deliver a new direction br for the country, to find common br ground, and to debate their priorities, Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the House, via Twitter.br ABC reports that McCarthy's invitation to the president br has a sharply contrasting tone compared to last year's br invitation from former speaker Nancy Pelosi.br Since becoming House Speaker, McCarthy told Congress that it must investigate potential mishandling of classified documents by Biden, news of which surfaced last week.br In 2021, Biden's State of the Union address came just days br after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine and as the br United States headed into its third year of the pandemic.br In 2021, Biden's State of the Union address came just days br after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine and as the br United States headed into its third year of the pandemic.br At the time, Biden reportedly highlighted his br administation's efforts to combat rising inflation and br enacting what he called "a unity agenda for the nation.