Live updates: ‘America is on the move again,’ Biden will tell nation in first address to a joint session of Congress

“They’re going to write about this point in history,” Biden said, according to tweets from CNN anchor Jake Tapper. “Not about any of us in here, but about whether or not democracy can function in the 21st century.” He added: “You know, things are moving so damn rapidly. Things are changing so rapidly in the world, in science and technology and a whole range of other issues, that — the question is: In a democracy that’s such a genius as ours, can you get consensus in the time frame that can compete with autocracy?”