::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

         Madam Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, the First Lady of the United States, and my fellow Americans:      We meet tonight at a moment of unlimited potential.  As we begin a new Congress, I stand here ready to work with you to achieve historic breakthroughs for all Americans.      Millions of our fellow citizens are watching us now, gathered in this great chamber, hoping that we will govern not as two parties but as one Nation.      The agenda I will lay out this evening is not a Republican agenda or a Democrat agenda.  It is the agenda of the American people.       Many of us campaigned on the same core promises:  to defend American jobs and demand fair trade for American workers; to rebuild and revitalize our Nation's infrastructure; to reduce the ...

President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump Announce Additional Special Guests for the State of the Union Address President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are pleased to announce the following special guests, seated with the First Lady, at the President’s second State of the Union address: Debra Bissell, Heather Armstrong, Madison Armstrong                 Gerald and Sharon David of Reno, Nevada, were tragically murdered in their home in Nevada by an illegal immigrant in January 2019.  The terrible loss has devastated both their community and three generations of their family who will be represented at the State of the Union: the Davids’ daughter Debra, granddaughter Heather, and great-granddaughter Madison. Matthew Charles Matthew Charles’s life is a story of redemption.  In 1996, he was sentenced to 35 years in prison for selling crack cocaine and other re...