President Joe Biden’s First Address to a Joint Session of Congress | FULL SPEECH AND TRANSCRIPT

President Joe Biden made the case for sweeping government action in an address to a sparsely populated joint session of Congress like no other in U.S. history. You can read the full transcript here: Speaking on the 99th day of his presidency in a chamber overrun by insurrectionists just more than three months ago, Biden laid out an ambitious legislative agenda before an audience of lawmakers severely limited by the coronavirus pandemic. In a historic first, two women were seated directly behind Biden on the dais: Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Vice President Harris. The president fist-bumped lawmakers as he entered the chamber, including Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the third-ranking House Republican who voted to impeach former President Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 mob. efforts to get the nation back to normal after the pandemic and the divisive presidency of Don