Speaker Pelosi Invites 22 To State Of The Union Address
WASHINGTON (CBS SF) -- More than 20 people will be guests of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) as President Donald Trump will deliver his State of the Union address at the Capitol Tuesday evening.
Here are the individuals who will attend the address as Pelosi's special guests, according to a list provided by her office to CNN:
- Transgender service members and OutServe-Servicemembers Legal Defense Network and SPART*A representatives Capt. Jennifer Peace and Maj. Ian Brown, US Army
- Jeremy Butler, the COO of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
- Tom Perez, chairman of the Democratic National Committee
- DC Mayor Muriel Bowser
- New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver
- New Jersey State Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg
- Fred Guttenberg, the father of Jaime Guttenberg, a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting victim
- Charlie Mirsky, co-founder & political director of March For Our Lives
- Mattie Scott, the president of San Francisco Brady Campaign
- Angelica Salas, the executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles
- José Andrés, the renowned chef who recently provided free meals to furloughed workers during and after the partial government shutdown
- Chef Tyler Florence
- Leana Wen, the president of Planned Parenthood
- Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, the executive director/CEO and co-founder of MomsRising
- Lily Eskelsen García, the president of the National Education Association
- Leo Gerard, the president of the United Steelworkers
- Mary Kay Henry, the president of the Service Employees International Union
- Doug McCarron, the president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
- Richard Trumka, the president of The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
- Paul Pelosi, husband of Nancy Pelosi
- Alexandra Pelosi, daughter of Nancy Pelosi
Pelosi, like her fellow members of Congress, is able to invite guests to attend the event. And like the guests of her colleagues, those who will attend the speech at her invitation are sure to garner their own attention as they serve as representatives of various subject matters and policy areas that Pelosi is aiming to shed light on via their presence.
Other Notable State Of The Union Invites From Bay Area Lawmakers:
Sen. Kamala Harris announced last week she was inviting Trisha Pesiri-Dybvik, an air traffic controller who was furloughed during the 35-day government shutdown and who lost her home in a 2017 Southern California wildfire.
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Castro Valley) invited Cameron Kasky, a survivor of the 2018 mass shooting at a school in Parkland, Florida and an organizer of the March For Our Lives.
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) invited Maria Mendoza-Sanchez, a nurse from Oakland who was deported but was able to secure an H-1B visa through her employer and return after a 16 month separation from her family.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) invited Shaima Swileh and her husband, Ali Hassan. Swileh, from Yemen, was barred from seeing Hassan and her ailing 2-year-old son in Oakland due to the Trump administration travel ban. Swileh was able to receive a waiver from the State Department to be with her son before he died.
The State of the Union Address will air at 6 p.m. on KPIX 5, followed by the Democratic response.
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