Reagan seeks domestic spending freeze 30 years ago this hour (1983)


Video: 'State of the Union: President Reagan's State of the Union Speech - 1/25/83'

(Tuesday, January 25, 1983, 9 p.m. EST) — U.S. President Ronald Reagan, declaring that “America is on the mend” in his second State of the Union message, urged Congress tonight to support a broad freeze in the growth of domestic spending — necessary, he said, to assure a strong economic recovery.