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The speech lasted nearly 1 hour and 25 minutes [1] and consisted of 9,190 words. [2] In terms of word count it is the longest State of the Union speech in history. [2] The president acknowledged many Americans of past and present in his speech. Among them were: Newt Gingrich, the new Speaker of the House
During his speech, President Clinton proposed tax increases and spending cuts intended to reduce the federal deficit by 38 percent over four years while revitalizing the nation's economy. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt was the designated survivor and did not attend the address in order to maintain a continuity of government .
Contrary to common belief, [6] Clinton did not have to recite the speech from memory because the teleprompter was loaded with the wrong speech. This had happened the previous year: in a speech Clinton gave to Congress on 22 September 1993 detailing the Clinton health care plan, the teleprompter was loaded with the wrong speech. Specifically ...
Bill Clinton became the first Democrat to serve as president in more than a decade when he took the oath of office on January 20, 1993. ... Read the full text of the speech below:
English: Bill Clinton's remarks that are referred to as his Monica Lewinsky scandal response although he only uses the last 30 seconds of a 6.5 minute presentation to address the issue. The speech is known for the quote "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky."
In Bill Clinton's prime-time speech at the Democratic National Convention in 1988, the young governor of Arkansas bored delegates so thoroughly that they cheered when he said, “in closing ...
The speech was delivered to Congress on the floor of the chamber of the United States House of Representatives in the United States Capitol. [1] House Speaker Tom Foley presided over the joint session and was accompanied by the President of the United States Senate , Al Gore , the Vice President of the United States .
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 ...