[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 6 (Wednesday, February 4, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H246]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             RONALD REAGAN

  (Mr. GUTKNECHT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GUTKNECHT. Mr. Speaker, later today we are going to vote on a 
very important resolution concerning former President Ronald Reagan. I 
love President Reagan for many reasons, but he was a great storyteller. 
I wanted to relate a story that he told, and I quote:

       I remember one day I was sitting in the principal's office. 
     I was not invited there for a social visit. He said something 
     that fortunately stuck in my mind and I remembered. He said, 
     Reagan, I do not care what you think of me now. I am only 
     concerned with what you will think of me 15 years from now. 
     Thank the Lord I had the opportunity to tell him shortly 
     before he died how I felt about him 15 years later, after 
     that visit in his office. And I was very grateful for the 
     influence he had on my life.

  Mr. Speaker, President Reagan was a man who worked for the people. He 
was a man concerned about the people. He was a man who put the people 
first. It has not been 15 years since President Reagan left office, but 
I believe we, the people, can honor his life by renaming our national 
airport after him.

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