[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 27, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H20]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  RENAMING WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, last in the hearts of the New York Times 
and the Washington Post, first in the hearts of his countrymen, that 
perhaps is the most fitting description of Ronald Reagan. He came into 
office after a difficult decade, with humiliation in Iran and economic 
tough times at home. The Soviet Union was expanding into Afghanistan 
and into our very own backyard. Inflation was soaring, unemployment was 
up, and also that irrepressible American confidence was shaken.
  But not Ronald Reagan's confidence. He had the courage to stand up 
and speak out for what was right. He had the courage to face the Soviet 
bear right in the eye and say, back off.
  Now that the Soviet Union is, as we know it, dead and over with, 
Ronald Reagan's legacy must stand proud and tall. A fitting monument to 
him would be naming the National Airport after him so that when people 
come to our Nation's capital, they can honor one of America's greatest 
Presidents.

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