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Every year the president gives a speech to Congress, as a mandated by the US Constitution known as

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The formal basis for the State of the Union Address is from the U.S. Constitution: The President “shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.” Article II, Section 3, Clause 1. (Gooogle)
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