Davids Statement on the State of the Union Address

Representative Sharice Davids issued the following statement after President Biden delivered his State of the Union address:

"Tonight, I was looking for President Biden to share his plan for the challenges ahead, domestic and international, and to acknowledge the need for continued oversight and implementation on the bipartisan accomplishments of the last two years—particularly the infrastructure law and new domestic manufacturing investments.

I heard those things from the President, even though I didn't agree with all of them. I believe both parties should be open to conversations about the upcoming debt limit—though I don't think threatening Medicare and Social Security is an appropriate negotiating tactic. I appreciated the President's attention on China, both in an economic and national security context, and I hope that will be an area of bipartisan cooperation in Congress. I think we can all agree we should make more in America.

Lastly, I brought a recent Johnson County Community College graduate, Jessica, as my guest tonight because I believe we need to not just celebrate our accomplishments, we need to follow through on them. Jessica is entering the trucking workforce to provide for her family—exactly the type of job and industry supported by the bipartisan infrastructure and manufacturing laws we passed last session. Communities and families in Kansas are depending on us to live up to those promises, and that's what I intend to do."