[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11803]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         REMEMBERING THE GIPPER

  (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, the world is grieving this 
week over the loss of a true American hero, President Ronald Wilson 
Reagan. Ronald Reagan defined the honor and dignity of the office of 
the Presidency, and he lifted the spirits of a Nation with his hope and 
joyfulness that sprang from an abiding faith in God and a deeply held 
belief in the American dream.
  President Reagan entered office during a time of doubt and despair 
and malaise with the economy sputtering and a looming Cold War that 
threatened our families. Yet he brought his conservative principles of 
individual freedom, limited government, personal responsibility, and 
peace through strength.
  President Reagan led a successful revolution to promote tax cuts, 
recognizing taxes are the people's own money. He achieved victory in 
the Cold War, expanding democracy worldwide. And he realigned America's 
political process with an open door especially for young people.
  His legacy lives on today as America unites to fight the war on 
terror liberating millions from tyranny to protect American families as 
our economy is booming through tax relief.
  May God bless the Reagan family. May God bless our troops. And may 
God continue to bless America.

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