Only 200 People to Attend Biden’s Speech to Joint Session of Congress: Pelosi

President Joe Biden speaks to the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate, from the East Room of the White House in Washington on April 22, 2021. Evan Vucci/AP Photo

Only 200 people will attend President Joe Biden’s first speech to a joint session of Congress, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Tuesday.

“It’ll be its own character, it’ll be its own wonderful character,” Pelosi told reporters in Washington, adding that the attendance would be down from its usual number, which she pegged at 1,600.