[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 20463]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY CELEBRATES 80TH BIRTHDAY

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                         HON. MARSHA BLACKBURN

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 30, 2004

  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor a legend as she 
celebrates her 80th birthday.
  Phyllis Schlafly has been a national leader of the conservative 
movement since the publication of her best-selling 1964 book, A Choice 
Not An Echo.
  Mrs. Schlafly worked shoulder to shoulder with other conservatives to 
create a movement. In 1972 she started a pro-family organization based 
on the values she knew that Americans shared with her, and helped 
America regain its moral footing.
  For the next three decades her work helped guide young conservatives, 
and to this day, the organization she created, the Eagle Forum, 
continues to fight for conservative ideals.
  This year the Phyllis Schlafly Report begins its 36th year, her 
syndicated column appears in 100 newspapers, and her radio commentaries 
are heard daily on 460 stations across the nation.
  And, what I know she'd consider one of her crowning achievements, 
Mrs. Schlafly raised six children and was named Illinois ``Mother of 
the Year'' in 1992.
  President Ronald Reagan said it best when referring to Phyllis 
Schlafly's work as ``an example to all those who would struggle for an 
America that is prosperous and free.''
  Mrs. Schlafly serves as an inspiration to all of us who work to 
preserve our important American values--family, faith, and freedom.

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