Original:  Bush said that by cutting over 140 programs that were "performing poorly or not fulfilling essential priorities", that the government would save over US $14 billion. Bush briefly touched on the upcoming problem of Social Security; with baby boomers reaching retirement age, Bush urged Congress to bypass partisan differences in order to save the program. In a rare break from the usual preplanned format of the speech, Bush received applause from Democrats when he announced that "Congress did not act last year on my proposal to save Social Security". President Bush reading a draft of the State of the Union Address in the Oval Office Bush talked about the need for affordable health care. These plans include expanding the health savings account program, allowing health insurance to be more portable for workers changing jobs. Bush also urged Congress to support medical liability reform, which he said would help doctors forced out of practice by the high price of insurance. Bush also introduced an energy plan to reduce oil dependency. The Advanced Energy Initiative would allocate federal funds for research in clean coal technology, solar and wind energy, and for research in the use of ethanol and hydrogen fuel in vehicles, Bush stated. The President also described his support of funding "additional research in cutting-edge methods of producing ethanol, not just from corn, but from wood chips and stalks or switch grass." On the topic of education and jobs, Bush introduced the American Competitiveness Initiative. This plan would allocate more than $ 136 billion over the next ten years to increase research in the physical sciences sector, provide job skills training for workers in these areas, and improve the quality of math and science education.
Revised:  Bush said that by cutting over 140 programs that were "performing poorly or not fulfilling essential priorities", that the government would save over US $14 billion. Bush briefly touched on the upcoming problem of ; with reaching retirement age, Bush urged Congress to bypass partisan differences in order to save the program. In a rare break from the usual preplanned format of the speech, Bush received applause from Democrats when he announced that "Congress did not act last year on my proposal to save Social Security". President Bush reading a draft of the State of the Union Address in the Oval Office Bush talked about the need for affordable health care. These plans include expanding the , allowing health insurance to be more portable for workers changing jobs. Bush also urged Congress to support medical liability reform, which he said would help doctors forced out of practice by the high price of . Bush also introduced an energy plan to reduce oil dependency. The Advanced Energy Initiative would allocate federal funds for research in technology, and energy, and for research in the use of and fuel in vehicles, Bush stated. The President also described his support of funding "additional research in cutting-edge methods of producing ethanol, not just from corn, but from wood chips and stalks or switch grass." On the topic of education and jobs, Bush introduced the American Competitiveness Initiative. This plan would allocate more than $ 136 billion over the next ten years to increase research in the physical sciences sector, provide job skills training for workers in these areas, and improve the quality of math and science education.
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