[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 907]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PRESIDENT REAGAN

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, today Congress will adopt a resolution 
recognizing the 93rd birthday of President Ronald Reagan. It will take 
place this coming Friday.
  As we in Congress today face difficult choices ahead in crafting a 
Federal budget, I think we would do well to reflect on the wisdom of 
the 40th President of the United States who, in October of 1964, said, 
``There can be no security anywhere in the Free World if there is no 
fiscal and economic stability in the United States.'' He said, 
``Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the 
problem. And that ``the size of the Federal Government is not an 
appropriate barometer of social conscience or charitable concern.''
  But he also said in January 1981 in his first inaugural address, ``It 
is not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it 
work; work with us, not over us; stand by our side, not ride our back. 
Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster 
productivity, not stifle it. A healthy economy built on a vision of 
limited government.''
  Happy birthday, President Reagan. May Congress honor your memory by 
honoring the principles of limited government in our day that you so 
tirelessly advanced in yours.

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