Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 1–Senators Raggio, Amodei, Care,
Carlton, Coffin, Jacobsen, James, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, O’Connell,
O’Donnell, Porter, Rawson, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Titus, Townsend,
Washington and Wiener
FILE
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Senate Concurrent RESOLUTION—Recognizing February 6, 2001, as
Ronald Reagan Day.
Whereas, Ronald Wilson Reagan was born in
the midwestern farming
town of Tampico, Illinois, on
February 6, 1911; and
Whereas, His job as a radio sports announcer after graduation
from
Eureka College started Ronald
Reagan in the public life that would
eventually lead him to the
presidency of the United States; and
Whereas, Well-known throughout the country as an actor whose
film
career included more than 50
movies, Ronald Reagan’s first official
leadership role was as
President of the Screen Actors Guild, a position he
held for six 1-year terms; and
Whereas, The changing political beliefs of Ronald Reagan
gradually
led him to leave his movie
career, and he became a spokesman for the
General Electric Company; and
Whereas, Ronald Reagan joined the Republican Party in 1962,
and in
1966 he was elected Governor of
California, a position which he would
hold for the next 8 years and
which would bring him recognition as a
politician of national stature;
and
Whereas, After two unsuccessful attempts at the presidency of
the
United States, Ronald Reagan
swept all but six states and the District of
Columbia in the presidential
election of 1980 and scored an even greater
margin of victory in 1984 with
the greatest number of electoral votes ever
tallied by a presidential
candidate in the history of American presidential
elections; and
Whereas, Inheriting a nation with rampant inflation and high
unemployment, the theory of
supply-side economics, the goal of which
was to generate growth by
stimulating a greater supply of goods and
services and thereby increase
jobs, was a mainstay of the Reagan
approach; and
Whereas, In a remark made during the 1984 campaign, President
Ronald Reagan commented that he
would like to be remembered as
someone who gave the government
back to the people, and he worked
toward that goal with a bold
agenda of restoring accountability and
common sense to government; and
Whereas, President Reagan’s social policy agenda for the
nation’s
children helped lower crime and
drug use in America’s neighborhoods,
and his commitment to our armed
forces continued to build the national
strength that he saw as
necessary for the protection of freedom in this
country and throughout the
world; and
Whereas, President Reagan’s vision of “peace through
strength” led to
the end of the Cold War and the
ultimate demise of the Soviet Union, thus
guaranteeing basic human rights
for millions of people and easing the
threat of nuclear war; and
Whereas, Throughout his years as
President, Ronald Reagan displayed
consistent optimism and the self-confidence that endeared him to
millions,
and even when personal danger
touched him, as in the assassination
attempt in 1981 that left him
wounded, he was upbeat and reassuring; and
Whereas, On February 6, 2001, Ronald Reagan will reach the
age of
90 years, thus becoming the
oldest former President in the history of our
Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly
Concurring, That the members of the 71st session of the Nevada
Legislature join with the
residents of this state and the residents of the
entire United States in
honoring Ronald Reagan for his many contributions
to our country and in
celebrating his 90 years of life; and be it further
Resolved, That the Nevada Legislature hereby joins the nation
in
recognizing February 6, 2001,
as “Ronald Reagan Day”; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate prepare and
transmit a copy
of this resolution to former
President of the United States, Ronald Reagan,
and his family.
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