Highlights Americans always get up. Today, that is what people are doing He said that 100 days ago, America's house was on fire Washington: US President Joe Biden has said that 100 days since he took the oath of office and inherited the worst pandemic in a century and the worst economic crisis in a decade, America is on the move again. In his first speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday (April 28) night, President Joe Biden said that throughout history, presidents have come to the chamber to speak to the US Congress, to the nation and to the world to declare war, to celebrate peace, to announce new plans and possibilities.