1997 State of the Union Address

Speech by US President Bill Clinton February 2026 July 2021 1997 State of the Union Address The 1997 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, 4 minutes 1997 02 04 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 1996 State of the Union Address Next 1998 State of the Union Address The 1997 State of the Union Address was given by the 42nd president of the United States, Bill Clinton, on February 4, 1997, 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 fourth State of the Union Address and his fifth 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 numerous topics in the address, including the environment, the International Space Station, welfare, crime and relations with NATO and China. The president also focused on a "detailed plan to balance the budget by 2002". The Republican Party response was delivered by Oklahoma congressman J. C. Watts in front of high school students sponsored by the Close Up Foundation. Richard E. Sincere Jr. Metro Herald February 1997 O.J., J.C., and Bill: Reflections on the State of the Union http://www.arg-media.com/articles/domestic/dom43.htm 2007-01-23 Watts told his audience -- about 100 high school students from the CloseUp Foundation watched in person, while a smaller number watched on television at home -- that he is "old enough to remember the Jim Crow" laws that affected him and his family while he grew up in a black neighborhood in small-town Oklahoma. https://web.archive.org/web/20020731143540/http://www.arg-media.com/articles/domestic/dom43.htm 2002-07-31 The speech did not get the national attention it usually does because the same evening of the speech a verdict was given in the O. J. Simpson civil trial in his ex-wife and her friend's 1994 murders. The White House however refused to postpone the State of the Union Address.O.J., J.C., and Bill: Reflections on the State of the Union http://www.arg-media.com/articles/domestic/dom43.htm%3C/ref%3E%5B%5BDan https://web.archive.org/web/20020731143540/http://www.arg-media.com/articles/domestic/dom43.htm July 31, 2002 This was the first State of the Union Address carried live on the Internet.Office of the Clerk Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/house_history/Joint_Meetings/100tocur.html#31 https://web.archive.org/web/20090513141441/http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/house_history/Joint_Meetings/100tocur.html#31 2009-05-13 dead 2009-04-14 References 353em External links Bill Clinton's Fifth State of the Union Address 1997 State of the Union Address House of Representatives February 4, 1997 Congressional Record United States Government Publishing Office Washington, DC 143 12 H273–H278 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-1997-02-04/pdf/CREC-1997-02-04-house.pdf August 19, 2024 1997 State of the Union Address February 4, 1997 C-SPAN https://www.c-span.org/video/?78241-1/1997-state-union-address August 19, 2024 State of the Union Response February 4, 1997 C-SPAN https://www.c-span.org/video/?78505-1/state-union-response August 19, 2024 1996 State of the Union Address 1998 State of the Union Address State of the Union addresses 1 1997 State of the Union Address 1997 State of the Union Address 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