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Recognizing February 6, 2011, as Ronald Reagan Day. | 1 |
WHEREAS, President Ronald Wilson Reagan, a man of humble | 2 |
background, worked throughout his life serving freedom and | 3 |
advancing the public good, having been employed as an entertainer, | 4 |
union leader, corporate spokesman, Governor of California, and | 5 |
President of the United States; and | 6 |
WHEREAS, President Reagan served with honor and distinction | 7 |
for two terms as the 40th President of the United States of | 8 |
America. In his second presidential election, he earned the | 9 |
confidence of three-fifths of the electorate and was victorious in | 10 |
49 of the 50 states, a record unsurpassed in the history of | 11 |
American presidential elections; and | 12 |
WHEREAS, In 1981, when Ronald Reagan was inaugurated | 13 |
President, he inherited a disillusioned nation shackled by rampant | 14 |
inflation and high unemployment; and | 15 |
WHEREAS, During his presidency, he worked in a bipartisan | 16 |
manner to enact his bold agenda of restoring accountability and | 17 |
common sense to government, which led to an unprecedented economic | 18 |
expansion and opportunity for millions of Americans; and | 19 |
WHEREAS, President Reagan's commitment to an active social | 20 |
policy agenda for the nation's children helped lower crime and | 21 |
drug use in our neighborhoods; and | 22 |
WHEREAS, President Reagan's commitment to our armed forces | 23 |
contributed to the restoration of pride in America, strengthened | 24 |
the country's values and those cherished by the free world, and | 25 |
prepared America's armed forces to meet the challenges of the 21st | 26 |
century; and | 27 |
WHEREAS, Additionally his vision of "peace through strength" | 28 |
led to the end of the Cold War and the ultimate demise of the | 29 |
Soviet Union, guaranteeing basic human rights for millions of | 30 |
people; and | 31 |
WHEREAS, February 6, 2011, is the 100th anniversary of Ronald | 32 |
Reagan's birth and the seventh since his passing; therefore be it | 33 |
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the House of | 34 |
Representatives of the 129th General Assembly of Ohio, recognize | 35 |
February 6, 2011, as Ronald Reagan Day in Ohio and encourage all | 36 |
Ohioans to participate in its observance; and be it further | 37 |
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives | 38 |
transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the news | 39 |
media of Ohio. | 40 |