C. W. Bill Young: “on behalf of myself and the people of the 10th Congressional District of Florida who I have the privilege to represent…”

“on behalf of myself and the people of the 10th Congressional District of Florida who I have the privilege to represent here in the United States Congress, I rise in support of this resolution to pay tribute to the life of President Ronald Reagan and to express condolences to his family. President Reagan was a true American patriot who always kept life's priorities--God, country, and family--in order. He assumed the Presidency at a time when Americans were being held hostage in Iran, our fighting forces were fraying around the edges, and raging inflation and interest rates were stifling our economy, sending our Nation into the turmoil of recession, and driving our government deeper and deeper into debt. Beginning with his swearing-in as the 40th President of the United States, President Reagan restored in the American people a feeling of pride and patriotism that had been lost in the late 1970s. The hostages were brought home, the morale of our fighting forces rose, and the economy began to rebound. People flew the American flag with pride again. The United States resumed its leadership role in protecting freedom and peace around the world and at the pinnacle of the world economy. He stared down communist leaders throughout the world and set the stage for its fall in the Soviet Union and throughout Eastern Europe. He reduced the world's supply of nuclear weapons and allowed democracy to flourish again in our hemisphere and eventually in the former Soviet states.”