1998 State of the Union Address

Speech by US President Bill Clinton February 2026 July 2021 1998 State of the Union Address The 1998 State of the Union (Address to a Joint Session of the Congress).webm Full video of the speech as published by the White House 9:00 p.m. EST 1 hour, 16 minutes 1998 01 27 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 Bill Clinton Al Gore Newt Gingrich Previous 1997 State of the Union Address Next 1999 State of the Union Address The 1998 State of the Union Address was given by the 42nd president of the United States, Bill Clinton, on January 27, 1998, at 9:00 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 105th United States Congress. It was Clinton's fifth State of the Union Address and his sixth speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker, Newt Gingrich, accompanied by Al Gore, the vice president, in his capacity as the president of the Senate. President Clinton discussed the federal budget, taxes and focused on the budget deficit, then at $10 billion. The president also discussed education, foreign relations, science funding, development, space travel and the Internet. In the speech, the president acknowledged the deaths of Representatives Walter Capps and Sonny Bono. The speech lasted 1:16:43 and consisted of 7,303 words.https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/presidential-documents-archive-guidebook/annual-messages-congress-the-state-the-union-0 1.2 Length of State of the Union Addresses in Minutes (from 1964) | The American Presidency Project www.presidency.ucsb.edu The Republican Party response was delivered by Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi.https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/white_house/jan-june98/lott_1-27.html Online NewsHour: The Republican response -- January 27, 1998 PBS August 23, 2017 October 24, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131024192155/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/white_house/jan-june98/lott_1-27.html dead William Daley, the Secretary of Commerce, served as the designated survivor. See also 1998 United States House of Representatives elections References 2 External links Bill Clinton's Sixth State of the Union Address 1998 State of the Union Address House of Representatives January 27, 1998 Congressional Record United States Government Publishing Office Washington, DC 144 1 H30–H36 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-1998-01-27/pdf/CREC-1998-01-27-house.pdf August 19, 2024 1998 State of the Union Address January 27, 1998 C-SPAN https://www.c-span.org/video/?98605-1/1998-state-union-address August 19, 2024 State of the Union Response January 27, 1998 C-SPAN https://www.c-span.org/video/?98663-1/state-union-response August 19, 2024 Entire 1998 State of the Union Response (transcript) 1997 State of the Union Address 1999 State of the Union Address State of the Union addresses 1 1998 State of the Union Address 1998 State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address Category:Presidency of Bill Clinton Category:Speeches by Bill Clinton Category:Articles containing video clips Category:1990s State of the Union addresses