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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ____
1 2 BY COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION
1 3 A Resolution to recognize February 6 as Ronald
1 4 Reagan Day in the State of Iowa.
1 5 WHEREAS, President Ronald Wilson Reagan, a man of
1 6 humble background, worked throughout his life serving
1 7 freedom and advancing the public good, having been
1 8 employed as an entertainer, union leader, corporate
1 9 spokesman, Governor of California, and President of
1 10 the United States; and
1 11 WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan started his professional
1 12 career working in both Davenport for WOC radio station
1 13 and Des Moines for WHO radio station, and returned to
1 14 Iowa during his Presidency with fond memories of his
1 15 years spent living in Iowa; and
1 16 WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan served with honor and
1 17 distinction for two terms as the fortieth President of
1 18 the United States of America, the second term of which
1 19 he earned the confidence of sixty percent of the
1 20 electorate and was victorious in forty-nine of the
1 21 fifty states in the general election, a record
1 22 unsurpassed in the history of American presidential
1 23 elections; and
1 24 WHEREAS, in 1981, when Ronald Reagan was
1 25 inaugurated President, he inherited a disillusioned
1 26 nation shackled by rampant inflation and high
1 27 unemployment; and
1 28 WHEREAS, during Mr. Reagan's presidency, he worked
1 29 in a bipartisan manner to enact his bold agenda of
1 30 restoring accountability and common sense to
2 1 government which led to an unprecedented economic
2 2 expansion and opportunity for millions of Americans;
2 3 and
2 4 WHEREAS, Mr. Reagan's commitment to an active
2 5 social policy agenda for the nation's children helped
2 6 lower crime and drug use in the nation's communities
2 7 and neighborhoods; and
2 8 WHEREAS, President Reagan's commitment to the
2 9 nation's armed forces contributed to the restoration
2 10 of pride in America, American values and those
2 11 cherished by the free world, and prepared America's
2 12 armed forces to win the Gulf War; and
2 13 WHEREAS, President Reagan's vision of "peace
2 14 through strength" led to the end of the Cold War and
2 15 the ultimate demise of the Soviet Union, guaranteeing
2 16 basic human rights for millions of people; and
2 17 WHEREAS, on February 6, 2003, Ronald Reagan will
2 18 have reached the age of ninety-two years; NOW
2 19 THEREFORE,
2 20 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Iowa State
2 21 Senate hereby recognizes February 6, 2003, and
2 22 subsequent annual anniversaries of that date, as
2 23 Ronald Reagan Day.
2 24 LSB 1590SV 80
2 25 rj/sh/8
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