Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, addressed a joint session of the United States Congress on Wednesday, February 17, 1993. It was his first public address before a joint session. Like a State of the Union Address, it was delivered before the 103rd United States Congress in the Chamber of the United States House of Representatives in the United States Capitol. Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker, Tom Foley, accompanied by Al Gore, the vice president in his capacity as the president of the Senate.