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1 2 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1 3 BY IVERSON
1 4 A Concurrent Resolution to recognize February 6,
1 5 2002, as Ronald Reagan Day in the State of Iowa.
1 6 WHEREAS, President Ronald Wilson Reagan, a man of
1 7 humble background, worked throughout his life serving
1 8 freedom and advancing the public good, having been
1 9 employed as an entertainer, union leader, corporate
1 10 spokesman, Governor of California, and President of
1 11 the United States; and
1 12 WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan began his career by
1 13 broadcasting radio announcements and advertisements at
1 14 radio station WOC in Davenport, Iowa, in 1932,
1 15 becoming the sports announcer at WHO radio in Des
1 16 Moines when the stations merged, until 1937, when he
1 17 traveled to California to cover baseball spring
1 18 training, and was signed by Warner Brothers to appear
1 19 in motion pictures; and
1 20 WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan served with honor and
1 21 distinction for two terms as the fortieth President of
1 22 the United States of America, the second term of which
1 23 he earned the confidence of sixty percent of the
1 24 electorate and was victorious in forty-nine of the
1 25 fifty states in the general election, a record
1 26 unsurpassed in the history of American presidential
1 27 elections; and
1 28 WHEREAS, in 1981, when Ronald Reagan was
1 29 inaugurated President, he inherited a disillusioned
1 30 nation shackled by rampant inflation and high
2 1 unemployment; and
2 2 WHEREAS, during Mr. Reagan's presidency, he worked
2 3 in a bipartisan manner to enact his bold agenda of
2 4 restoring accountability and common sense to
2 5 government which led to an unprecedented economic
2 6 expansion and opportunity for millions of Americans;
2 7 and
2 8 WHEREAS, Mr. Reagan's commitment to an active
2 9 social policy agenda for the nation's children helped
2 10 lower crime and drug use in the nation's communities
2 11 and neighborhoods; and
2 12 WHEREAS, President Reagan's commitment to our armed
2 13 forces contributed to the restoration of pride in
2 14 America, her values and those cherished by the free
2 15 world, and prepared America's armed forces to win the
2 16 Gulf War; and
2 17 WHEREAS, President Reagan's vision of "peace
2 18 through strength" led to the end of the Cold War and
2 19 the ultimate demise of the Soviet Union, guaranteeing
2 20 basic human rights for millions of people; and
2 21 WHEREAS, on February 6, 2002, Ronald Reagan will
2 22 have reached the age of ninety-one years; NOW
2 23 THEREFORE,
2 24 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF
2 25 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the General Assembly
2 26 of the State of Iowa hereby recognizes February 6,
2 27 2002, as Ronald Reagan Day.
2 28 LSB 5584SS 79
2 29 tj/sh/8
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