[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 21]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 29404]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   TRIBUTE TO LEWIS AND CYNTHIA UHLER

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                         HON. JOHN T. DOOLITTLE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, December 16, 2005

  Mr. DOOLITTLE. Mr. Speaker, today I wish to congratulate two good 
friends from my district in California, Lewis and Cynthia Uhler, as 
they celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on December 26th.
  Lew and Cindy grew up together in San Gabriel, California. Long-time 
friends, they both graduated from Alhambra High School one year apart. 
However, their relationship gradually changed after Lew went off to 
Yale University, where he graduated in the class of 1955. They began 
dating when he returned home for visits during those college years. 
Meanwhile, Cindy also attended college and worked.
  Mr. Speaker, it was during Lew's first year attending the Boalt Hall 
School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley that the 
Uhlers' life together really began. During the Thanksgiving break, 
Cindy agreed to Lew's marriage proposal and they decided to have the 
wedding the next time he was home. They both knew what they wanted and 
then made it happen. Thus, on the day after Christmas, December 26, 
1955, they were married. This example of setting an important goal and 
then focusing on quickly realizing it reflects the pattern they have 
established ever since then.
  Their first home together was Berkeley, California. Subsequently, 
Lew's duty in the Army led them to Baltimore, Maryland. However, their 
roots continued to be in Southern California until Governor Ronald 
Reagan designated Lew as the State Director of the Office of Economic 
Opportunity, and the Uhlers relocated to the Sacramento area. They have 
made their home in the beautiful community of Granite Bay for 35 years.
  Lew served in Governor Reagan's cabinet as Assistant Secretary of the 
Health and Welfare Agency. In 1972, Governor Reagan asked Lew to 
organize and serve as Chairman of the Governor's Tax Reduction Task 
Force. With the assistance of a nationwide panel of advisors (including 
Nobel Laureates Milton Friedman and James Buchanan), the task force 
developed California's landmark Revenue Control and Limitation Act, 
which became a model for tax-expenditure limitation measures in many 
states.
  A devoted wife and mother, Cindy has always made family the priority 
in her life. Raising four sons, separated in age by 11 years, was her 
chief mission. While she has always been interested in working and 
serving in many ways outside of the home, such activities were always 
relegated to part-time endeavors so she could focus on the great 
mission of nurturing her children.
  Mr. Speaker, Lew is founder and President of the National Tax 
Limitation Committee (NTLC), one of the Nation's leading grass roots 
taxpayer advocacy organizations. With offices in the Sacramento Area 
and Washington, DC, NTLC works with the White House, Members of 
Congress, state legislators across the Nation and grassroots 
organizations to limit state and federal spending through statutory and 
constitutional enactments. In fact, Lew has been at the forefront of 
the national movements for a Tax Limitation/Balanced Budget Amendment 
to the United States Constitution. He has written numerous articles and 
opinion pieces on taxes and spending. He is the author of the book, 
Setting Limits: Constitutional Control of Government. He speaks 
internationally on fiscal issues and has appeared on numerous national, 
regional and local television and radio programs and has also been 
widely quoted in the print media.
  Cindy has always become very involved in her church wherever the 
family has gone. Several times, she has served as secretary to the 
pastor and, as one son puts it, ``running the show.'' It would be 
difficult to account for all the good and worthwhile efforts to which 
she has contributed.
  Along with his fiscal policy work, Lew has been active in land 
development in Northern California. He is also a member of the 
California Bar and serves Of Counsel with the Newport Beach law firm of 
Davis, Punelli & Keathley.
  Lew and Cindy have four grown sons and three lovely daughters-in-law: 
Jim, John and Tricia, Kirk and Tami, and Mark and Echo. Of course, they 
also take great joy in their eight grandchildren.
  Mr. Speaker, undoubtedly, the life Lew and Cindy have created 
together is a great American success story--one rooted in a love that 
has endured and grown for fifty years and counting. Today, I join in 
commending them for their commitment to one another and their ongoing 
service to their community. Their dedication to God, family, and 
country is worthy of praise and emulation.

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