1996 State of the Union Address

Speech by US President Bill Clinton February 2026 July 2021 1996 State of the Union Address The 1996 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, 6 minutes 1996 01 23 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 1995 State of the Union Address Next 1997 State of the Union Address The 1996 State of the Union Address was given by the 42nd president of the United States, Bill Clinton, on January 23, 1996, at 9:00 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 104th United States Congress. It was Clinton'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, Newt Gingrich, accompanied by Al Gore, the vice president, in his capacity as the president of the Senate. This speech occurred shortly after the federal government shutdown of 1995 and 1996 which had resulted from disagreements on the 1996 United States federal budget. President Clinton discussed the economy and declared that "the era of big government is over," and continued, "but we cannot go back to the time when our citizens were left to fend for themselves. We must go forward as one America, one nation working together, to meet the challenges we face together. Self-reliance and teamwork are not opposing virtues -- we must have both."Mitchell Alison 24 January 1996 Clinton Offers Challenge To Nation, Declaring 'The Era of Big Government is Over' The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/24/us/state-union-overview-clinton-offers-challenge-nation-declaring-era-big.html 23 December 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20210812085233/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/24/us/state-union-overview-clinton-offers-challenge-nation-declaring-era-big.html 12 August 2021 The president discussed welfare reform, the V-chip, education, community policing, crime, the environment, foreign relations, and the federal budget. The Republican Party response was delivered by Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas (who would go on to face Clinton in the 1996 presidential election). Dole stated that "[President Clinton] is the chief obstacle to a balanced budget and the balanced budget amendment... While the President's words speak of change, his deeds are a contradiction. President Clinton claims to embrace the future while clinging to the policies of the past."January 23, 1996 THE REPUBLICAN RESPONSE BY SENATE MAJORITY LEADER ROBERT DOLE https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/congress/republican_response.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121112160222/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/congress/republican_response.html November 12, 2012 August 23, 2017 PBS Donna Shalala, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, served as the designated survivor.USA Today, Page A12. Feb 5, 1997 See also 1996 United States presidential election References External links Bill Clinton's Fourth State of the Union Address 1996 State of the Union Address House of Representatives January 23, 1996 Congressional Record United States Government Publishing Office Washington, DC 142 8 H768–H772 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-1996-01-23/pdf/CREC-1996-01-23-house.pdf August 19, 2024 1996 State of the Union Address January 23, 1996 C-SPAN https://www.c-span.org/video/?69496-1/1996-state-union-address August 19, 2024 State of the Union Response January 23, 1996 C-SPAN https://www.c-span.org/video/?69515-1/state-union-response August 19, 2024 1996 State of the Union Response (transcript) 1995 State of the Union Address 1997 State of the Union Address State of the Union addresses 1 1996 State of the Union Address 1996 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