[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 993]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      CELEBRATING PRESIDENT RONALD WILSON REAGAN'S 102ND BIRTHDAY

  (Mr. ROTHFUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROTHFUS. Mr. Speaker, today we observe the 102nd birthday of 
Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States. I take this 
opportunity to again thank Mrs. Reagan and the Reagan family for 
sharing their husband and father with this country. Their sacrifices 
allowed this Nation to move from an era of doubt and decline into one 
of a brighter future.
  Today, we find ourselves facing another era of doubt and decline: 
chronic unemployment, staggering debt, international crises, and 
advocates of Big Government pushing for more failed Big Government to 
fix our problems. I suggest that those who think America cannot turn 
the state of affairs around to think again. As President Reagan said--
and these words are inscribed at his final resting place in California:

       I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right 
     will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth 
     to each and every life.

  With that perspective, let us again renew our commitment with 
President Reagan's trademark optimism to a renewal of the American 
spirit and a re-lighting of the American Dream.

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