[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 21 (Thursday, February 2, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1077]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               REMEMBERING THE WORDS OF A GREAT PRESIDENT

  (Mr. LINDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, just over 14 years ago, Ronald Reagan was 
sworn in as President on the West Front of this building.
  His remarks that day were brief, but exceptionally stirring and 
profound. I recall one paragraph that is as timely now as on that 
inauguration day. The words speak to the motives and goals of the 
Contract With America and are superior to my own.
  He said:

       You can see heroes every day going in and out of factory 
     gates. Others, a handful in number, produce enough food to 
     feed all of us and then the world beyond. You meet heroes 
     across a counter--and they are on both sides of that counter. 
     There are entrepreneurs with faith in themselves and faith in 
     an idea who create new jobs, new wealth and opportunity. They 
     are individuals and families whose taxes support the 
     Government and whose voluntary gifts support church, charity, 
     culture, art, and education. Their patriotism is quiet but 
     deep. Their values sustain our national life.

  Mr. Speaker, Ronald Reagan will be 84 on Monday, and on that day this 
House is going to give him a birthday gift, something he has wanted for 
a long time: the line-item veto.

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