1992 State of the Union Address

Speech by US President George H. W. Bush February 2026 July 2021 1992 State of the Union Address 9:00 p.m. EST 51 minutes 1992 01 28 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 George H. W. Bush Dan Quayle Tom Foley Previous 1991 State of the Union Address Next 1993 Joint session speech The 1992 State of the Union Address was given by the 41st president of the United States, George H. W. Bush, on January 28, 1992, at 9:00 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 102nd United States Congress. It was Bush's third and final State of the Union Address and his fourth and final speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker, Tom Foley, accompanied by Dan Quayle, the vice president, in his capacity as the president of the Senate. This was the last State of the Union address by President Bush, who lost his re-election bid to Bill Clinton in the 1992 election. Topics The president discussed the collapse of the Soviet Union, Operation Desert Storm, military spending cuts, nuclear disarmament, economic recovery (high unemployment remained from the early 1990s recession), several types of tax cuts and credits, and controlling government spending. Bush listed a nine-point, long-term plan advocating: free trade school choice research and development tax credits and emerging technologies funding anti-crime legislation inner city development privatized health care reform reduction of the federal budget deficit Congress to act on various existing reform proposals efforts to strengthen families Seeing increased division in American media and politics, Bush denounced election-year partisanship and described the popular sentiment as a passing mood. Event The speech lasted 51 minuteshttp://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou_minutes.php Length of State of the Union Messages and Addresses (in minutes) The American Presidency Project Woolley John Peters Gerhard 2011-02-20 and consisted of 5,012 words.http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou_words.php Length of State of the Union Messages and Addresses (in words) The American Presidency Project Woolley John Peters Gerhard 2011-02-20 The Democratic Party response was delivered by the Speaker of the House, Representative Tom Foley of Washington.http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou_response.php List of Opposition Responses to State of the Union Addresses The American Presidency Project Woolley John Peters Gerhard 2011-02-20 Foley, speaking for 12 minutes, criticized Bush's economic recovery plans as being the same as those that led to the recession and argued for more support of the middle class instead of wealthier Americans.https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19920129/1472789/contentious-foley-vows-to-fight----speaker-blames-economic-ills-on-gop-policies Contentious Foley Vows To Fight -- Speaker Blames Economic Ills On Gop Policies Seattle Times Schaefer David January 29, 1992 Edward Madigan, the Secretary of Agriculture, served as the designated survivor. See also 1992 United States presidential election References 2 External links George Herbert Walker Bush's Fourth State of the Union Address 1992 State of the Union Address House of Representatives January 28, 1992 Congressional Record United States Government Publishing Office Washington, DC 138 1 735–739 Bound https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1992-pt1/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1992-pt1-7-2.pdf August 19, 2024 1992 State of the Union Address January 28, 1992 C-SPAN https://www.c-span.org/video/?23999-1/1992-state-union-address August 19, 2024 State of the Union Response January 28, 1992 C-SPAN https://www.c-span.org/video/?24002-1/state-union-response August 19, 2024 Transcript of the Democratic Party response, New York Times 1991 State of the Union Address 1993 joint session speech State of the Union addresses 1 1992 State of the Union Address 1992 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 George H. W. Bush Category:Speeches by George H. W. Bush Category:1990s State of the Union addresses