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President Donald Trump steps to the podium to begin his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 30, 2018. Behind Trump are Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.
President Donald Trump steps to the podium to begin his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 30, 2018. Behind Trump are Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.
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Live Blog: State of the Union

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President Donald Trump is delivering his first State of the Union address. His address is highlighting a strong economy and call for bipartisan action on immigration. The televised speech before a joint session of Congress comes a year after Trump took office and about a week after a three-day government shutdown spawned by a fight over the federal government budget and how to deal with hundreds of thousands of immigrants who years ago came to the country illegally as children.

Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass., speaks in support of transgender members of the military, July 26, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass., speaks in support of transgender members of the military, July 26, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Excerpts, as prepared for delivery, from Congressman Joe Kennedy’s Democratic Response to President Trump’s State of the Union.

Some excerpts:

It would be easy to dismiss the past year as chaos. Partisanship. Politics. But it’s far bigger than that. This administration isn’t just targeting the laws that protect us – they are targeting the very idea that we are all worthy of protection.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California talks with Senate Minority Chuck Schumer of New York before the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 30, 2018.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California talks with Senate Minority Chuck Schumer of New York before the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 30, 2018.

Excerpts, as prepared for delivery, from Congressman Joe Kennedy’s Democratic Response to President Trump’s State of the Union.

Some excerpts:

We choose A Better Deal for all who call this country home. We choose the living wage, paid leave and affordable child care your family needs to survive. We choose pensions that are solvent, trade pacts that are fair, roads and bridges that won’t rust away, and good education you can afford. We choose a health care system that offers mercy, whether you suffer from cancer or depression or addiction. We choose an economy strong enough to boast record stock prices and brave enough to admit that top CEOs making 300 times the average worker is not right.

We choose Fall River.

President Donald Trump's son-in-law and daughter Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump arrive before the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 30, 2018.
President Donald Trump's son-in-law and daughter Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump arrive before the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 30, 2018.

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