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It was Bush's second State of the Union Address and his third 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. The speech lasted approximately 48 minutes. [1] and contained ...
The 2005 State of the Union Address was given by the 43rd president of the United States, George W. Bush, on February 2, 2005, at 9:00 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 109th United States Congress.
It was Bush's first State of the Union Address and his second 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. The speech lasted 35 minutes and 43 seconds. [1] and contained ...
The speech is referred to as the presidential economic address or the address on administration goals. During his speech, President Bush presented his proposed federal budget. [1] [2] Secretary of Education Lauro Cavazos was the designated survivor and did not attend the address in order to maintain a continuity of government. [3]
President Bush gives a speech commemorating Independence Day on the parade route in front of the City Council Building in Grand Rapids, Michigan during the afternoon. [ 204 ] July 9 – President Bush delivers an address to the American Defense Preparedness Association in the Grand Ballroom at the J.W. Marriott Hotel during the morning. [ 205 ]
The speech was called the Presidential Economic Address. During his speech, President Bush discussed his budgetary and economic goals. He offered a plan that would have a $1.6 trillion tax cut and a payment of $2 trillion of the national debt over the next 10 years, leaving a portion of the projected surplus for emergency measures.
Inauguration of George H. W. Bush: George H. W. Bush, President of the United States Dan Quayle, Vice President of the United States February 9, 1989 Joint session Building a Better America: George H. W. Bush, President of the United States March 2, 1989 Joint meeting Bicentennial of the 1st Congress Robert Byrd, President pro tempore of the Senate
After the funeral, Bush's body was transported to George H.W. Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas, where he was buried next to his wife Barbara and daughter Robin. [324] At the funeral, former president George W. Bush eulogized his father saying, "He looked for the good in each person, and he usually found it." [323]