The 2016 State of the Union Address was given by the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama, on January 12, 2016, at 9:00 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 114th United States Congress.[1] It was Obama's seventh and final State of the Union Address and his eighth and final speech to a joint session of the United States Congress.[2] Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker, Paul Ryan, accompanied by Joe Biden, the vice president, in his capacity as the president of the Senate.
In an effort to expand on the presidential administration's use of the Internet to reach American citizens, the 2016 State of the Union Address broadcasts live on the White House website, as well as on the White House YouTube channel.[3][4]
Senate President pro tempore Orrin Hatch[5] and Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson[6] were the designated survivors for the 2016 address.
The Address was watched by 31.3 million viewers.[7]
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^Saenz, Arlette (January 12, 2016). "State of the Union: Jeh Johnson Named Designated Survivor". ABC News.
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