What is 1982 State of the Union Address?
[[File:Reagan Seldom Have the Stakes Been Higher.ogv|thumb|Reagan delivers the 1982 State of the Union]] The '''1982 [[State of the Union Address]]''' was given by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] to a [[joint session]] of the 97th [[United States Congress]]. It was held on January 26, 1982. The speech was the first State of the Union address of President Reagan's first term. The speech lasted 40 minutes and 14 seconds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou_minutes.php |title=Length of State of the Union Addresses in Minutes |publisher=Presidency.ucsb.edu |access-date=2012-05-29}}</ref> It had 5154 words.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou_words.php |title=Length of State of the Union Addresses |publisher=Presidency.ucsb.edu |access-date=2012-05-29}}</ref> The address was broadcast live on radio and television. The [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] [[Democratic response to the State of the Union address|response]] was delivered by Senator [[Donald Riegle]] (MI), Senator [[James Sasser]] (TN), Rep. [[Albert Gore Jr.]] (TN), Senator [[Robert Byrd]] (W.Va), Senator [[Edward Kennedy]] (MA), House Speaker [[Thomas P. O'Neill III]] (MA), Senator [[Gary Hart]] (CO), Senator [[Paul Sarbanes]] (MD), Senator [[J. Bennett Johnston]] (LA), and Senator [[Alan Cranston]] (CA).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou_response.php |title=List of Opposition Responses to State of the Union Addresses |publisher=Presidency.ucsb.edu |access-date=2012-05-29}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=42687 (full transcript), ''The American Presidency Project''], [[University of California, Santa Barbara|UC Santa Barbara]]. [[Category:1982 in the United States]] [[Category:Speeches by Ronald Reagan]] [[Category:January events]] [[Category:State of the Union Address]] [[Category:1980s in Washington, D.C.]] {{us-stub}}