February 1993 Bill Clinton speech to a joint session of Congress

February 1993 Bill Clinton speech to a joint session of Congress

Full video of the speech as published by theWhite House
Date	February 17, 1993(1993-02-17)
Time	9:00 p.m.EST
Duration	65 minutes
Venue	House Chamber,United States Capitol
Location	Washington, D.C.
Coordinates	38°53′23″N77°00′32″W
Type	UnofficialState of the Union Address
Participants	Bill Clinton Al Gore Tom Foley
Previous	1992 State of the Union Address
Next	1994 State of the Union Address

Bill Clinton,the 42ndpresident of the United States,addressed ajoint session of the United States Congresson Wednesday, February 17, 1993. It was his first public address before a joint session. Similar to aState of the Union Address,it was delivered before the103rd United States Congressin the Chamber of theUnited States House of Representativesin theUnited States Capitol.Presiding over this joint session was theSpeaker of the United States House of Representatives,Tom Foley,accompanied byAl Gore,thevice presidentin his capacity as thepresident of the Senate.

The speech was referred to as the presidential economic address or the address on administration goals. 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.

Secretary of the InteriorBruce Babbittwas thedesignated survivorand did not attend the address in order to maintain acontinuity of government.

Republican response

House Minority LeaderBob MichelofIllinoisdelivered theRepublicanresponse to the address.

See also

• First 100 days of Bill Clinton's presidency
• List of joint sessions of the United States Congress

External links

• Bill Clinton Presidential Economic Address (video)onC-SPAN