[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 195 (Tuesday, December 11, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H10037]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 TRIBUTE FOR PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, an extraordinary tribute 
for President George H.W. Bush was published by Krishnadev Calamur in 
The Atlantic: ``Had George Herbert Walker Bush never become the 41st 
President of the United States, he would still be remembered as one of 
the great Americans of the 20th century. . . .
  ``But it was his one-term presidency, from 1989 to 1993, that had a 
monumental impact on the world. Ronald Reagan, his predecessor, uttered 
the famous words: `Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall,' yet it was Bush 
who presided over its orderly dismantling.
  ``Bush oversaw the collapse of the Soviet Union, the end of the Cold 
War, the birth of the post-Soviet republics, and the West's outreach to 
former members of the Warsaw Pact.''
  In my service in Congress, I have seen firsthand the expansion of 
freedom and democracy. Today the largest number of nations in world 
history are free and democratic, from Bulgaria to Lithuania, inspired 
by President George H.W. Bush.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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