The overall theme of the Presidential Address was change and progress. Obama stated that changes were bound to happen, but it was up to the American people and Congress to make those changes progressive. He wanted to see more criminal justice reform, more gun control, more college affordability, and a cure for Cancer. Obama also made known his desire to stop climate change, to see America become more technologically advanced, and to make America a country of equal opportunities for all. Though the President established his desire for all these changes to happen, he did not explicitly say how all these changes would get done. Some new policies that the President mentioned were Obamacare, which supposedly made health care more affordable and
