Democratic members of Congress were pleased with President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address.
Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md., told theGrio that the president did a good job of highlighting his victories.
“In his first term he has added 15 million new jobs, 20 more million people have joined Obamacare and he’s brought down inflation,” Ivey said.
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., told theGrio that he believed Biden gave a “strong” speech.
The New York lawmaker was pleased that Biden spoke about “women’s rights, education, and I thought it was very aspirational.”
“It made me think of the first two years I was here when Democrats had control of the House, the Senate and the White House and how we got so much done,” Bowman added.
Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif., said the president was “incredibly witty, knowledgeable and unapologetic.”
“For someone everyone wants to consider very old he had some very sharp and fresh ideas about what we need to do,” she said.
On Thursday, Biden delivered the annual speech presidents make at the Capitol to a joint session of Congress and he highlighted his efforts to combat climate change, protect Americans from the misuse of artificial intelligence, raise the minimum wage and stop the banning of books.
“Instead of erasing history, let’s make history,” the president said.
“Stop denying another core value of America [which is] our diversity across American life,” he added.
Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., told theGrio he was happy that the president focused his attention on “the American people and all that they have done to have this incredible comeback from the pandemic and downturn of our economy.”
The Congressional Black Caucus chairman was also pleased that Biden addressed the housing crisis.
“He focused on the need to tackle housing affordability and homeownership, which is essential to building wealth and closing the racial wealth gap,”…
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