1983 State of the Union Address

The 1983 State of the Union address was given by President Ronald Reagan to a joint session of the 98th United States Congress on Tuesday, January 25, 1983. The speech was the second State of the Union address of President Reagan's first term.

The speech lasted approximately 46 minutes ^[1] and contained 5554 words.^[2] The address was broadcast live on radio and television.

The Democratic Party response was delivered by Senator Robert Byrd (WV), Senator Paul Tsongas (MA), Senator Bill Bradley (NJ), Senator Joe Biden (DE), Rep. Tom Daschle (SD), Rep. Barbara Kennelly (CT), House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill III (MA), Rep. George Miller (CA), Rep. Les AuCoin (OR), Rep. Paul Simon (IL), Rep. Timothy Wirth (CO), and Rep. Bill Hefner (NC).^[3]

References

↑ "Length of State of the Union Addresses in Minutes". Presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
↑ "Length of State of the Union Addresses". Presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
↑ "List of Opposition Responses to State of the Union Addresses". Presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2012-05-29.

External links

(full transcript), The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara.
1983 State of the Union Address (video) at C-SPAN
Full video and audio, Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia.

Preceded by 1982 State of the Union Address	State of the Union addresses 1983	Succeeded by 1984 State of the Union Address

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1983 State of the Union Address

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