[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Pages 2773-2774]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        REMEMBERING NANCY REAGAN

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I join the Republican leader in extending 
my sympathies to the entire Reagan family. Nancy Reagan was a wonderful 
First Lady. She was also an incredible individual in her own right. She 
was always gracious and charming.
  The last time I saw Nancy Reagan, she was here in the Rotunda of the 
Capitol dedicating a statue of her husband, President Ronald Reagan. At 
that time, she was already well into her late eighties, but there she 
was,

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standing next to his statue with a big smile on her face. Her very 
presence brightened the entire Hall--she and Ronald Reagan standing 
together, he in the form of a statue, she standing next to him, 
together. It really was a fantastic picture.
  Nancy, of course, will be missed. I say, though, my mind returns to a 
different time. It reminds me of the years Ronald Reagan was in the 
White House--a card-carrying conservative, yet a very pragmatic 
Republican.
  The Nation will miss First Lady Nancy Reagan and miss her partner, 
the President of the United States, Ronald Reagan.

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