乔·拜登总统接受了众议院议长凯文·麦卡锡的邀请，将发表一场演讲国情咨文白宫周五表示，将于2月7日(周二)在国会举行听证会。
白宫新闻秘书郭佳欣·让-皮埃尔在下午的新闻发布会上说:“总统已经接受了这一邀请，并期待着发表国情咨文。”"我们非常感谢麦卡锡议长的盛情邀请."
这将是自共和党控制众议院以来，拜登首次在国会联席会议上发表讲话。
麦卡锡说:“国会必须调查”拜登文件很重要
麦卡锡在推特上发布了这封信的副本，他在信中为拜登在众议院发表讲话提供了一个日期，并指出这是他作为议长的“庄严义务”。
麦卡锡说:“美国人民把我们送到华盛顿，为这个国家提出一个新的方向，寻找共同点，并讨论他们的优先事项。”“本着这种精神，我有庄严的义务邀请你们于2023年2月7日星期二在国会联席会议上发言，以便你们履行宪法赋予的报告国情的职责。您的评论将为我们解决美国人民优先事项的努力提供信息。”
这种语气与拜登去年邀请前众议院议长南希·佩洛西发表国情咨文形成了鲜明对比。
“感谢你们大胆的远见和爱国的领导，引导美国走出危机，进入一个伟大进步的时代，因为我们不仅从疫情恢复，而且重建得更好!”佩洛西去年在一封信中写道。“本着这种精神，我写信邀请你在3月1日星期二向国会联席会议发表讲话，分享你对国情的看法。”
本周早些时候，麦卡锡表示，国会“必须调查”拜登担任副总统期间对机密文件的潜在不当处理，这一事件于本周曝光。
“我们认为不需要特别检察官，但我认为国会可以发挥作用，”麦卡锡周四表示。
拜登去年发表国情咨文时，正值俄罗斯在乌克兰发动战争几天后，美国进入了“科维德疫情”的第三年。他重点讲述了他的政府是如何应对不断上升的通货膨胀，以及如何执行他所谓的“国家统一议程”
Biden to deliver State of the Union address Feb. 7
President Joe Biden has accepted an invitation from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to deliver a State of the Union address before Congress on Tuesday, Feb. 7, the White House said Friday.
"The president has accepted it and looks forward to delivering the State of the Union address," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in an afternoon press briefing. "We truly appreciate the kind invitation by Speaker McCarthy."
It will be Biden's first address to a joint session of Congress since Republicans took control of the House chamber.
McCarthy tweeted out a copy of the letter in which he offered a date for Biden to speak in the House chamber, noting that it's his "solemn obligation" as speaker.
"The American people sent us to Washington to deliver a new direction for the country, to find common ground, and to debate their priorities," McCarthy said. "In that spirit, it is my solemn obligation to invite you to speak before a Joint Session of Congress on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 so that you may fulfill your duty under the Constitution to report on the state of the union. Your remarks will inform our efforts to address the priorities of the American people."
The tone marked a sharp contrast from Biden's State of the Union invitation last year from former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
"Thank you for your bold vision and patriotic leadership which have guided America out of crisis and into an era of great progress, as we not only recover from the pandemic but Build Back Better!" Pelosi wrote in a letter last year. "In that spirit, I am writing to invite you to address a Joint Session of Congress on Tuesday, March 1, to share your vision of the State of the Union."
Earlier this week, McCarthy said Congress "has to investigate" the potential mishandling of classified documents by Biden from his time as vice president, which came to light this week.
"We don't think there needs to be a special prosecutor, but I think Congress has a role," McCarthy said Thursday.
Biden's State of the Union address last year came in the days after Russia launched its war in Ukraine and as the U.S. entered its third year of the COVID pandemic. He focused on how his administration was combatting rising inflation and executing what he called "a unity agenda for the nation."
