On 2/28/2028, during press conference, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was asked the State of the Union address.
Reporter: Administration officials earlier today had a background briefing with reporters about the State of the Union coming up. Can you tell us a little bit more? We understood from the call that the President will be addressing elements of the Build Back Better plan when it comes to things like childcare and paid family leave. And officials talked about how those things, if implemented, will lower costs for families, but they were hesitant to use the word “inflation” or say whether that would be addressed directly in the President’s speech. So can you say whether the President will be addressing any new policies — not necessarily new domestic programs but policies that would address inflation directly?
Psaki: The President will absolutely use the word “inflation” tomorrow, and he will talk about inflation in his speech. Of course, that is a huge issue on the minds of Americans. Now, one thing to note is one of the best, most important steps that the Senate could take is to confirm his slate of eminently qualified nominees to fill out the Federal Reserve Board, given they have a very important role as it relates to inflation.
But I think what you will hear the President talk about — and I think this is what they were talking about on this call — is how we’re going to address costs for the American people and lower costs. And we talked a lot about inflation in here, our economists talk about inflation, the Federal Reserve talks about inflation — hugely important.
How people experience it is what it means for their pocketbooks, for their budgets, for their bank accounts, and how they’re paying for things. And that’s why a lot of what you’re going to hear about tomorrow, as he talks about it, is how he’s going to reduce costs. Jen Psaki repeatedly dodges on whether United States will “Pledge Not To Buy Any More Russian Gas”.