House Proceeding on Apr 22nd, 2009 :: 1:33:55 to 1:37:30
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Ken Calvert: pennsylvania. mr. brady: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. lewis: mr. speaker, i yield whatever time he might consume to the member of the committee, ken calvert. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is reco a a he may consume. mr. calvert: i thank you, mr. speaker. today i rise in strong support of house res. 101, providing

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Speech By: Ken Calvert

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Ken Calvert: the acceptance of the statue of ronald reagan for the people of california for placement in the united states capitol. first, i'd like to thank my colleagues who join me in the original letter requesting the california legislature to pass a resolution to bring the statue of ronald reagan to the united states capitol. a special thanks to california state senator dennis hollingsworth for leading the effort and carrying the

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Ken Calvert: resolution. and i'd like to thank the ronald reagan presidential foundation for bringing the statue to the capitol. and artist chris fagan, who did a remarkable job in sculpting the statue of ronald reagan. in an effort to bring the statue of ronald reagan to the nation's capitol is one of my

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Ken Calvert: greatest privileges. president reagan helped shape my political views as a young man and as a co-chair of his riverside county campaign back in the day. i was, of course, very proud to see him succeed in becoming the 40th president of the united states. as we finourselves today struggling with hardships and conflict, president reagan was confronted with a troubling

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Ken Calvert: economy and uncertain times. not just as governor of california but later as president of the united stat. in both cases his characteristic optimism and can-do attitude helicopter meet the challenges. ronald reagan was elected the 33rd governor in the state of california in 1967. and during his administration led california toward a

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Ken Calvert: creative society one that, quote, turns away from increasing reliance on government and leads toward renewed respects for and great irrelevance on the common sense of the people, end quote. as president he inherited the economy facing double digit unemployment and inflation.

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Ken Calvert: president reagan initiated sweeping economic reforms, deep across the board tax cuts, and implemented sound monetary policies to contain inflation. his policies resulted in bringing the economy out of recession and turning it to the largest peace time economic boom in american history. the country also facing the

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Ken Calvert: continuation of a 35-year-long cold war, president reagan in his famous june, 1982 speech in the british parliament described, quote, a plan and a hope for the long term, the march of freedom and democracy which will leave it in history as left other tierneys of the

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Ken Calvert: freedom of the people, end quote. five years later reagan delivered his courageous address in berlin near the infamous wall and demanded mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. it was the end of the cold w and also significant any fin new relations between the united states and russia. madam speaker -- mr. speaker,

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Ken Calvert: there was many accomplishments for me to name here but it's clear that president reagan was a californian, an american and a california is proud to have such a leader as both governor of our state and president of our nation who brought so much greatness to the world. today, i encourage all of my colleagues to suort the

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Ken Calvert: resolution and bring the statue of president ronald reagan to the capitol so that visitors from all over the world can honor the man who declared