On Tuesday night, President Joe Biden delivered his first State of the Union before a crowd of Congressional lawmakers who were no longer required to wear masks and who showed a surprising amount of bipartisan applause to a number of issues he covered. 

In his remarks, the president highlighted the country’s role leading the Western response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; outlined his plans to address inflation; and affirmed his continuing optimism in the American project. 

We dissected the issues he discussed and the biggest issues he left out in his speech with Pablo Manríquez, Capitol Hill correspondent for Latino Rebels and Michael Tomasky, editor for The New Republic.