HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 10

BY  ALONS, ANDERSON, ARNOLD, BALTIMORE, BAUDLER, BRANDENBURG, BYRNES, CHAMBERS, COWNIE, DE BOEF, DEYOE, DOLECHECK, DRAKE, FORRISTALL, FRY, GARRETT, GRASSLEY, HAGENOW, HAGER, HANUSA, HEATON, HEIN, HELLAND, HORBACH, HUSEMAN, IVERSON, JORGENSEN, KAUFMANN, KLEIN, KOESTER, LOFGREN, LUKAN, MASSIE, L. MILLER, MOORE, S. OLSON, PAULSEN, PAUSTIAN, PEARSON, PETTENGILL, RAECKER, RASMUSSEN, RAYHONS, ROGERS, SANDS, SCHULTE, SCHULTZ, SHAW, J. SMITH, SODERBERG, SWEENEY, J. TAYLOR, TJEPKES, UPMEYER, VAN ENGELENHOVEN, VANDER LINDEN, WAGNER, WATTS, WINDSCHITL, and WORTHAN

A Resolution to commemorate the centennial of the birth of President Ronald Reagan.

   WHEREAS, February 6, 2011, is the centennial birthday of Ronald Wilson Reagan; and
   WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan was a man of humble background, who worked throughout his life serving freedom and advancing the public good, having been employed as an entertainer, union leader, corporate spokesman, Governor of California, and President of the United States; and
   WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan served with honor and distinction for two terms as the fortieth President of the United States of America, the second term of which he earned the confidence of sixty percent of the electorate and was victorious in forty-nine of the fifty states in the general election, a record unsurpassed in the history of American Presidential elections; and 
   WHEREAS, both President Reagan and his wife Nancy have distinguished records of public service to the United States, the American people, and the international community; and
   WHEREAS, during his terms in office, President Reagan worked in a bipartisan manner to enact his bold agenda of restoring accountability and common sense to government which led to an unprecedented economic expansion and opportunity for millions of Americans; and
   WHEREAS, President Reagan fulfilled his pledge to help restore “the great, confident roar of American progress, growth, and optimism” and ensure renewed economic prosperity; and
   WHEREAS, President Reagan’s commitment to an active social policy agenda for the nation’s children helped lower crime and drug use in the nation’s communities and neighborhoods; and
   WHEREAS, President Reagan’s commitment to the nation’s armed forces contributed to the restoration of pride in America, American values and those cherished by the free world, and prepared America’s armed forces to win the Gulf War; and
   WHEREAS, President Reagan’s vision of “peace through strength” led to the end of the Cold War and the ultimate demise of the Soviet Union, guaranteeing basic human rights for millions of people; NOW THEREFORE,

   BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That the House of Representatives, on this the centennial of his birth, recognizes and honors the life and public service of Ronald Wilson Reagan, President of the United States of America, and declares February 6, 2011, to be Ronald Reagan Day in Iowa.