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Remarks of President Barack Obama – State of the Union Address As Delivered
The White House
USA
9:10 P.M. EST
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my fellow Americans:
Tonight marks the eighth year that I’ve come here to report on the State of the Union. And for this
final one, I’m going to try to make it a little shorter. (Applause.) I know some of you are antsy to
get back to Iowa. (Laughter.) I've been there. I'll be shaking hands afterwards if you want some
tips. (Laughter.)
And I understand that because it’s an election season, expectations for what we will achieve this
year are low. But, Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the constructive approach that you and the other
leaders took at the end of last year to pass a budget and make tax cuts permanent for working
families. So I hope we can work together this year on some bipartisan priorities like criminal
justice reform -- (applause) -- and helping people who are battling prescription drug abuse and
heroin abuse. (Applause.) So, who knows, we might surprise the cynics again.
But for my final address to this chamber, I don’t want to just talk about next year. I want to focus
on the next five years, the next 10 years, and beyond. I want to focus on our future.
We live in a time of extraordinary change -- change that’s reshaping the way we live, the way we
work, our planet, our place in the world. It’s change that promises amazing medical
breakthroughs, but also economic disruptions that strain working families. It promises education
for girls in the most remote villages, but also connects terrorists plotting an ocean away. It’s
change that can broaden opportunity, or widen inequality. And whether we like it or not, the pace
of this change will only accelerate.