Speaker Johnson Issues Jan. 6 Invitation to Biden to Deliver State of the Union Address

‘It is my solemn duty,’ Speaker Johnson said in a letter dated Jan. 6, 2024, the third anniversary of the fateful Capitol incident.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Dec. 12, 2023. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

On the anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) issued an official invitation to President Joe Biden to address a Joint Session of Congress and deliver the customary presidential report on the state of the union.

“In this moment of great challenge for our country, it is my solemn duty to extend this invitation for you to address a Joint Session of Congress on Thursday, March 7, 2024, so that you may fulfill your obligation under the U.S. Constitution to report on the state of our union,” Mr. Johnson wrote in a letter to President Biden, which was dated Jan. 6.