Obama to make Sept 9 speech to Congress
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, seeking to breathe new life into his drive to remake US health care, will address a rare joint session of the US Congress on September 9, congressional aides said Wednesday.
The speech will come one day after lawmakers return from a month-long August break, during which Obama’s approval ratings slipped and doubts appeared to grow about his embattled efforts to extend medical care to more Americans.
The aides, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Obama had accepted an invitation from Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid to address Congress.
“Our nation is closer than ever to achieving health insurance reform that will lower costs, retain choice, improve quality and expand coverage. We are committed to reaching this goal,” Pelosi and Reid wrote to the president.
“We would like to invite you to address a Joint Session of the Congress on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 on health insurance reform,” they said in a letter made public by their offices.
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