[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 27, 1998)]
[House]
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        SUPPORT H.R. 2625, RENAMING WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, in American history, extraordinary times 
seem to call forth extraordinary individuals, great leaders who have 
given inspiration and hope during difficult times and moments of 
crisis.
  FDR led this country through a terrible Depression and an even more 
terrible world war. JFK inspired a Nation during the height of the Cold 
War and led America into space, a journey which culminated in putting a 
man on the moon in 1969. And Ronald Reagan challenged the conventional 
wisdom, both at home and abroad, rejecting the failed economic policies 
of the past and embracing a foreign policy based on strengths and a 
resolute belief in the rightness of American democratic values.
  Grateful Americans have a proud national tradition of honoring their 
heroes, and grateful Americans from across the country have urged 
Congress to honor that great American hero Ronald Reagan.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in support of H.R. 2625, a bill to 
redesignate Washington National Airport as Ronald Reagan National 
Airport. It is time to honor those who have done so much to make 
America great.

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