_____ Full Text _____ President Clinton's State of the Union addresses: • 2000: 'Great goals, worthy of a great nation' • 1999: 'A stronger 21st Century America' • 1998: 'Save Social Security first' • 1997: 'National crusade for education' • 1996: 'The era of big government is over' • 1995: 'We must forge a new social compact' • 1994: 'Reforming the health care system' • 1993: 'Our nation needs a new direction'

Updated: January 27, 2000

President Clinton delivered his final State of the Union address under far less dramatic circumstances than he did in 1999 and 1998. Two years ago, Clinton's speech to Congress and the nation came during the first news reports about Monica S. Lewinsky. A year later, Clinton was on trial in the Senate, impeached by the House for lying under oath about his relationship with the former White House intern.

Clinton's 2000 State of the Union address marked a return to the activist agenda he outlined in his first speeches to Congress, before the GOP took over Congress in the 1994 elections and the president declared in his 1996 State of the Union that the "era of big government is over."

Major Topic Index
Compare President Clinton's statements in each year's major address to Congress by clicking on the year beside each topic in the table below.

Budget	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Campaign Finance	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Crime	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Defense	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Deficit Reduction	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Education	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Environment	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Foreign Policy	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Health Care	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Medicare	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Role of Government	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Social Security	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Taxes	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Welfare	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Workplace/Wages	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000

Note: Years that are not linked mean President Clinton did not make significant comments on the listed subject.

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