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1975 State of the Union Address

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1975 State of the Union Address

Date	January 15, 1975 (1975-01-15)
Time	1:00 p.m. EST
Duration	41 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 / 38.88972; -77.00889
Type	State of the Union Address
Participants	Gerald Ford Nelson Rockefeller Carl Albert
Previous	1974 State of the Union Address
Next	1976 State of the Union Address

The 1975 State of the Union address was given by President Gerald Ford to a joint session of the 94th United States Congress on January 15, 1975. The speech was the first State of the Union address of President Ford's tenure as president.

The president discussed the national debt, taxes, the federal budget and the energy crisis. The speech lasted 41:00 and consisted of 4,126 words.^[1] The address was broadcast live on radio and television.

The Democratic Party response was delivered by Senator Hubert HumphreyofMinnesota and the Speaker of the House Carl AlbertofOklahoma.^[2]

References[edit]

^ "Length of State of the Union Addresses in Minutes". Presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved September 28, 2012.

^ "List of Opposition Responses to State of the Union Addresses". Presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved September 28, 2012.

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1975 State of the Union Address

Preceded by 1974 State of the Union Address	State of the Union addresses 1975	Succeeded by 1976 State of the Union Address

v t e PresidencyofGerald Ford (1974–1977)
Timeline	Inauguration VP confirmation of Nelson Rockefeller Wilson desk Assassination attempts Sacramento San Francisco 1975 SOTU Address 1976 SOTU Address 1977 SOTU Address Judicial appointments Supreme Court candidates controversies Executive Orders Presidential Proclamations Nixon pardon Halloween Massacre Carter transition
Foreign policy	International trips Vladivostok Summit Meeting on Arms Control Helsinki Accords National Security Study Memorandum 200 Executive Order 11905 Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States
Domestic policy	Cannabis policy Equal Credit Opportunity Act Education for All Handicapped Children Act Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1974 and 1976 Federal Election Commission Rockefeller Commission 1975 VRA Amendments Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act
Economic policy	Fair Credit Billing Act Federal-Aid Highway Amendments of 1974 Federal Bridge Gross Weight Formula National Mass Transportation Assistance Act CFTC Act of 1974 Commodity Futures Trading Commission Home Mortgage Disclosure Act ERISA Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Net capital rule NRSROs Trade Act of 1974 Fast track authority Securities Acts Amendments of 1975 Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board National Market System Tax Reduction Act of 1975 Tax Reform Act of 1976 Whip Inflation Now
Energy policy	Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 Energy Research and Development Administration Nuclear Regulatory Commission Energy Policy and Conservation Act CAFE standards Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Environmental policy	Federal Noxious Weed Act of 1974 Forestry Incentive Program Hazardous Materials Transportation Act Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Safe Drinking Water Act Maximum contaminant level Magnuson–Stevens Act Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 Water Resources Development Act of 1976
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State of the Union (list)

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1973*
1974^†

Legend: Address to Joint Session
Written message
Written message with national radio address
* Split into multiple parts
^† Included a detailed written supplement
^‡ Not officially a "State of the Union"
Presidents William Henry Harrison (1841) and James Garfield (1881) died in office before delivering a State of the Union

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