1971 State of the Union Address

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Carl AlbertPrevious1970 State of the Union AddressNext1972 State of the Union Address

The 1971 State of the Union Address was given by U.S. President Richard Nixon on January 22, 1971.^[1]

Topics

At 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

1. Welfare reform, particularly with the proposed Family Assistance Plan
2. Peacetime prosperity, and stimulating the economy
3. Restoring the natural environment, particularly with the National Environmental Policy Act
4. 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)
5. 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)
6. 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

On 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

External links

• President Nixon's 1971 State of the Union on YouTube

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Environmental policy	Council on Environmental Quality Environmental Quality Improvement Act National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Amendments of 1970 Clean Water Act Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act National Ambient Air Quality Standards National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants New Source Performance Standards Noise Control Act Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coastal Zone Management Act Coastal Zone Management Program Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement Marine Mammal Protection Act Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 Endangered Species Act of 1969 Endangered Species Act of 1973 Oil Pollution Act of 1973 Water Resources Development Act of 1974
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