Rep. Corrine Brown: “Mr. Speaker, H.R. 5309, which names a post office after ``Ronald W. Reagan'', was introduced on September 26, 2000, by…”

“Mr. Speaker, H.R. 5309, which names a post office after ``Ronald W. Reagan'', was introduced on September 26, 2000, by Representative Dave Weldon (R-FL). Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States. He served as President from January, 1981 to January, 1989. At 73, he was the oldest man ever elected president. He was well known as ``Dutch'', ``The Gipper'', and the ``The Great Communicator.'' An actor by profession, President Reagan served as Governor of California from 1966 to 1974. During his presidency, his economic policies came to be known as ``Reaganomics''. In November of 1994, former President Reagan announced that he was afflicted with Alzheimer's. Although a number of facilities have been named after the former president--schools, streets, highways, and even the Washington Airport, a crowning achievement was when President Clinton dedicated the Ronald Reagan Building here in Washington, DC, in 1998. That building houses an international trade center, international cultural activities, the Agency for International Development, and many others. Mr. Speaker, I urge the swift passage of this bill.”