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Speech by US President Ronald Reagan
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1984 State of the Union Address State of the Union- President Reagan's State of the Union Speech - 1-25-84.webm Full video of the speech as published by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library 9:00 p.m. EST 43 minutes 1984 01 25 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 Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush Tip O'Neill Previous 1983 State of the Union Address Next 1985 State of the Union Address
The 1984 State of the Union Address was given by the 40th president of the United States, Ronald Reagan, on January 25, 1984, at 9:00 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 98th United States Congress. It was Reagan's third State of the Union Address and his fourth speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker, Tip O'Neill, accompanied by George H. W. Bush, the vice president in his capacity as the president of the Senate.
The speech lasted 43 minutes and 2 secondshttp://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou_minutes.php Length of State of the Union Addresses in Minutes Presidency.ucsb.edu May 29, 2012 and contained 4931 words.http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou_words.php Length of State of the Union Addresses Presidency.ucsb.edu May 29, 2012 The address was broadcast live on radio and television.
The Democratic Party response was delivered by Senator Joe Biden (DE), Sen. David Boren (OK), Senator Carl M. Levin (MI), Senator Max S. Baucus (MT), Senator Robert Byrd (WV), Senator Claiborne Pell (RI), Senator Walter Huddleston (KY), Rep. Dante B. Fascell (FL), Rep. Tom Harkin (IA), Rep. William Gray (PA), House Speaker Thomas O’Neill (MA), and Rep. Barbara Boxer (CA).http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou_response.php List of Opposition Responses to State of the Union Addresses Presidency.ucsb.edu May 29, 2012
Samuel Pierce, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, served as the designated survivor.http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou_cabinet.php Cabinet Members Who Did Not Attend the State of the Union Address Presidency.ucsb.edu May 29, 2012
See also
Speeches and debates of Ronald Reagan
1984 United States presidential election
References
External links
Ronald Reagan's Fourth State of the Union Address 1984 State of the Union Address
(full transcript), The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara.
1984 State of the Union Address (video) at C-SPAN
Full video and audio, Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia.
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