'The State of the Union is Off'; Steny Hoyer Tells CNN That Pelosi Has Canceled Trump Address to Congress House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) announced,”the State of the Union is off”, Wednesday hours after Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) sent a letter to President Donald Trump asking him to postpone the address to a Joint Session of Congress scheduled, at Pelosi’s previous invitation, for January 29. Pelosi cited security concerns over the partial government shutdown. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/01/the-state-of-the-union-is-off-steny-hoyer-tells-cnn-that-pelosi-has-canceled-trump-address-to-congress/ The nerve of her thinking she can control our president.