The 1971 State of the Union Address was given by U.S. President Richard Nixon on January 22, 1971.[1]
| Date | January 22, 1971 |
|---|---|
| Time | 9:00 p.m. EST |
| Duration | 33 minutes |
| Venue | House Chamber, United States Capitol |
| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| Coordinates | 38°53′23″N 77°00′32″W / 38.88972°N 77.00889°W |
| Type | State of the Union Address |
| Participants | Richard Nixon Spiro Agnew Carl Albert |
| Previous | 1970 State of the Union Address |
| Next | 1972 State of the Union Address |
Topics
editAt the very start of the address, Nixon mourned the death of Senator Richard Russell Jr.[2]
The address was known for introducing Nixon's "six great goals",[3]: 52 [4] which would go on to be reiterated in the 1972 State of the Union Address:[3]: 54
- Welfare reform, particularly with the proposed Family Assistance Plan
- Peacetime prosperity, and stimulating the economy
- Restoring the natural environment, particularly with the National Environmental Policy Act
- Expanding health care (which Nixon would later go on to fulfill with the Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973 and the December 1971 National Cancer Act)
- Revenue sharing with state and local governments (later accomplished with the 1972 General Revenue Sharing Bill, which became the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972)
- Reorganize the federal government (this would have reduced 12 of the departments down to 8 had it happened, though it did not).
Notably, the 1971 State of the Union did not touch upon foreign policy.[5]
Response
editOn January 26, 1971, Senator Mike Mansfield (D-MT), then the Senate Majority Leader, responded to the address in an interview with four network correspondents.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Annual Message to the Congress on the State of the Union. | The American Presidency Project". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- ^ "Transcript of President's State of the Union Message to Joint Session of Congress". The New York Times. 1971-01-23. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- ^ a b Harper, Edwin L. (1996). "Domestic Policy Making in the Nixon Administration: An Evolving Process". Presidential Studies Quarterly. 26 (1): 41–56. ISSN 0360-4918. JSTOR 27551549.
- ^ Movroydis, Jonathan (2016-01-13). "The 1971 State of the Union: Nixon's Six Great Goals". Richard Nixon Foundation. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- ^ "Who Decides the 'State of the World'?". The Meriden Journal. 9 February 1971.
- ^ "U.S. Senate: Opposition Responses to the State of the Union Address (1966-Present)". www.senate.gov. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
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