[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H857-H858]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    COMMEMORATING LEGACY OF PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN ON HIS BIRTHDAY

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, I rise today to 
commemorate the legacy of President Ronald Reagan on his birthday.
  Some have called him Ronnie, the Gipper, or the Great Communicator. 
No matter what you call him, he was the right President for this 
country at the right time.
  President Reagan came into office with the world still in crisis over 
the Cold War and a country under the crushing weight of stagflation. By 
the time President Reagan left office, the economy roared and Reagan's 
words had inflicted a mortal blow to the Berlin Wall. Shortly after 
leaving office, the Berlin Wall fell and the threat of communism along 
with it.
  President Reagan led this country with conviction. His conservative 
principles empowered millions of people

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from coast-to-coast and across the world. His words struck fear into 
the hearts of our enemies and warmed the hearts of our friends.
  We have a lot to learn from President Reagan's life, his legacy, and 
his leadership.

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