[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 862]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             RECOGNIZING THE 91ST BIRTHDAY OF RONALD REAGAN

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                               speech of

                            HON. BARBARA LEE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 6, 2002

  Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, I sincerely do wish former President Reagan and 
his wife well on his birthday and my thoughts and prayers are with them 
as he deals with the terrible disease of Alzheimer's; however, the 
resolution went well beyond a simple birthday wish. I could not in good 
faith cast a vote for a bill that stated that the Reagan Administration 
ensured renewed economic prosperity when millions of Americans were 
hurt by its economic policies and the federal government incurred 
massive deficit spending.

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