HB 9025

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution designating February 6, 2004, "Ronald Reagan
3	Day" in Florida.
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5	WHEREAS, President Ronald Wilson Reagan, elected in 1980 as
6	the 40th President of the United States of America, served his
7	nation and indeed the entire world with uncommon integrity,
8	honor, and distinction, and
9	WHEREAS, following his first term in office, President
10	Reagan was reelected by three-fifths of the electorate, winning
11	in 49 of the 50 states, a record unsurpassed in the history of
12	American presidential elections, and
13	WHEREAS, rising from a humble background, President Reagan
14	was dedicated to an active social policy that resulted in
15	lowered crime and drug use in the nation's neighborhoods, and
16	his inauguration of a bold, bipartisan effort to restore
17	accountability and common sense to government led to
18	unprecedented economic expansion and opportunity for millions of
19	Americans, and
20	WHEREAS, President Reagan's commitment to the country's
21	armed forces contributed to the restoration of a sense of
22	patriotism and pride in America and her values and those
23	cherished by the free world and prepared the nation to meet 21st
24	century challenges; and his vision of "peace through strength"
25	led to the end of the Cold War and the ultimate demise of the
26	Soviet Union, resulting in the reinstatement of basic human
27	rights for millions of people, and
28	WHEREAS, born February 6, 1911, President Ronald Reagan,
29	unarguably one of the great figures of the 20th century, has now
30	attained his 93rd birthday, NOW, THEREFORE,
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32	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
33	Florida:
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35	That the superlative character, commitment, and service of
36	Ronald Wilson Reagan, 40th President of the United States of
37	America, are acknowledged with genuine honor and gratitude, and
38	February 6, 2004, is designated "Ronald Reagan Day" in Florida.

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