Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the Union

Official title

Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the Union

Speaker

Donald J. Trump (President of the United States)

Date delivered

24 Feb 2026

Where

Washington, DC.

Publisher

Office of the Federal Register, Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents (govinfo.gov)

Page

https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/DCPD-202600136/DCPD-202600136

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Retrieved

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Licence

U.S. Government work, public domain

Note on record

NOTE: The President spoke at 9:12 p.m. in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol. In his remarks, he referred to Usha Chilukuri Vance, wife of Vice President James D. "J.D." Vance; Cresco, PA, resident Megan Hemhauser Farda, her husband Nick Farda, and their children Brielle and Asher Farda; Michael S. Dell, chairman and chief executive officer, Dell Technologies, and his wife Susan; Bradley T. Gerstner, founder and chief executive officer, Altimeter Capital; Secretary of the Treasury Scott K.H. Bessent; Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins; military spouse Catherine Rayner; Senate Majority Leader John R. Thune; Houston, TX, resident Raysall Wiggins; Rep. Nancy Pelosi; Partap Singh, who was charged with causing the multi-vehicle accident that injured Bakersfield, CA, resident Delilah Coleman on June 20, 2024; Rafael Govea Romero, who was convicted for the murder of Lizbeth I. Medina in Edna, TX, on December 5, 2023; Mayor Zohran K. Mamdani of New York City; Sen. Joshua D. Hawley; Robert B. Kershaw, former associate judge, 8th Judicial Circuit of the Baltimore City Circuit Court; Sierra A. Burns, student, Furman University; Everest Nevraumont, student, at Alpha School' GT School campus in Austin, TX; Tyler J. Robinson, who was charged in the murder of Turning Point U.S.A. Founder and Executive Director Charles J. Kirk on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, UT, on September 10, 2025; Erika Kirk, wife of Mr. Kirk and chief executive officer of Turning Point U.S.A; Anna Zarutska, mother of Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee, who was fatally stabbed on a Charlotte Area Transit System light-rail train in Charlotte, NC, on August 22, 2025; Decarlos Brown, Jr., suspect in the Charlotte stabbing; Jason Wolfe, father of Staff Sgt. Wolfe, who was shot in an ambush-style attack during a patrol near the White House in Washington, DC, on November 26; Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan; U.S. Special Envoy for Peace Missions Steven C. Witkoff; Talik Gvili, mother of Ran Gvili, whose remains were the last of the hostages held in Gaza, Palestinian Territories, to be recovered and returned to Israel following the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023; Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as "El Mencho," the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, who was killed by Mexican special forces in Jalisco, Mexico, on February 22; former President Nicolas Maduro Moros of Venezuela, who was captured, along with his wife Cilia Flores, in a U.S. military operation in Caracas, Venezuela, on January 3 and exfiltrated to the U.S. for criminal processing in New York City; and former Venezuelan Presidential candidate Enrique Márquez. He also referred to his son-in-law, U.S. Special Envoy for Peace Jared C. Kushner. The transcript was released by the Office of Communications on February 25.

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