1971 State of the Union Address

Speech by US President Richard Nixon February 2026 February 2025 1971 State of the Union Address 9:00 p.m. EST 33 minutes 1971 01 22 House Chamber, United States Capitol Washington, D.C. 38 53 23 N 77 00 32 W region:US-DC_type:event inline,title State of the Union Address Richard NixonSpiro AgnewCarl Albert Previous 1970 State of the Union Address Next 1972 State of the Union Address The 1971 State of the Union Address was given by U.S. President Richard Nixon on January 22, 1971.Annual Message to the Congress on the State of the Union. The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/annual-message-the-congress-the-state-the-union-1 2024-03-12 www.presidency.ucsb.edu Topics At the very start of the address, Nixon mourned the death of Senator Richard Russell Jr.1971-01-23 Transcript of President's State of the Union Message to Joint Session of Congress https://www.nytimes.com/1971/01/23/archives/transcript-of-presidents-state-of-the-union-message-to-joint.html 2024-03-12 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 The address was known for introducing Nixon's "six great goals",Harper Edwin L. 1996 Domestic Policy Making in the Nixon Administration: An Evolving Process https://www.jstor.org/stable/27551549 Presidential Studies Quarterly 26 1 41–56 27551549 0360-491852Movroydis Jonathan 2016-01-13 The 1971 State of the Union: Nixon's Six Great Goals https://www.nixonfoundation.org/2016/01/the-1971-state-of-the-union-nixons-six-great-goals/ 2024-03-12 Richard Nixon Foundation en-US which would go on to be reiterated in the 1972 State of the Union Address:54 Welfare reform, particularly with the proposed Family Assistance Plan Peacetime prosperity, and stimulating the economy Restoring the natural environment, particularly with the National Environmental Policy Act Expanding health care (which Nixon would later go on to fulfill with the Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973 and the December 1971 National Cancer Act) Revenue sharing with state and local governments (later accomplished with the 1972 General Revenue Sharing Bill, which became the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972) Reorganize the federal government (this would have reduced 12 of the departments down to 8 had it happened, though it did not). Notably, the 1971 State of the Union did not touch upon foreign policy.9 February 1971 Who Decides the 'State of the World'? https://books.google.com/books?id=lvlHAAAAIBAJ&dq=%221971+State+of+the+Union%22&pg=PA4&article_id=2946,4049080 The Meriden Journal Response On January 26, 1971, Senator Mike Mansfield (D-MT), then the Senate Majority Leader, responded to the address in an interview with four network correspondents.U.S. Senate: Opposition Responses to the State of the Union Address (1966-Present) https://www.senate.gov/about/traditions-symbols/state-of-the-union-response-list.htm 2024-03-12 www.senate.gov References External links peb47Z-jPqc President Nixon's 1971 State of the Union Richard Nixon's Second State of the Union Address 1970 State of the Union Address 1972 State of the Union Address State of the Union addresses 1 1971 Category:Speeches by Richard Nixon Category:Presidency of Richard Nixon Category:92nd United States Congress State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address Category:January 1971 in the United States Category:1970s State of the Union addresses