[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 1385]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO RONALD REAGAN

  (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. Madam Speaker, yesterday, Byron York, 
in the Washington Examiner, correctly recognized the memory of Ronald 
Reagan on the 100th anniversary of the President's birth.
  Without question, President Reagan stood for policies like lower 
taxes, less regulation, and a strong national defense.
  Having served President Reagan's Energy Secretary, Jim Edwards, as 
deputy general counsel from 1981 to 1982, I saw firsthand his success 
in reducing regulations; I witnessed the success of a strong national 
defense by being an International Republican Institute election 
observer in Bulgaria, witnessing captive nations achieve freedom and 
democracy, with victory in the Cold War causing the defeat of communism 
across Europe and Asia.
  Ed Meese was quoted for his contrasting the liberating policies of 
Reagan as opposed to the Big Government agenda of the current 
President.
  The resources for conservatives are highlighted in California at the 
Reagan Library at Simi Valley and the Reagan Ranch Center of the Young 
America's Foundation at Santa Barbara.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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