2011
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 11-1009
       
       BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Holbert, Beezley, Acree, Balmer,
       Barker, Baumgardner, Becker, Bradford, Brown, Conti, Coram,
       Court, DelGrosso, Duran, Gardner B., Gardner D., Gerou, Hamner,
       Hullinghorst, Joshi, Kefalas, Kerr J., Labuda, Lee, Liston, Looper,
       Massey, McCann, McKinley, Miklosi, Murray, Nikkel, Pabon,
       Peniston, Priola, Ramirez, Riesberg, Ryden, Schafer S., Scott,
       Solano, Sonnenberg, Stephens, Summers, Swalm, Swerdfeger,
       Szabo, Todd, Tyler, Vaad, Vigil, Waller, Williams A., McNulty;
       also SENATOR(S) Harvey and Grantham, Bacon, Boyd, Brophy,
       Cadman, Heath, Hodge, Jahn, Johnston, King K., King S., Kopp,
       Lambert, Lundberg, Mitchell, Morse, Roberts, Scheffel, Shaffer B.,
       Spence, Tochtrop, White, Williams S..
       
  CONCERNING THE RECOGNITION OF FEBRUARY 6, 2011,
       AS "RONALD REAGAN DAY" IN COLORADO. 
       
          WHEREAS, President Ronald Wilson Reagan, a man of humble
       background who worked throughout his life serving freedom and
       advancing the public good, was employed as an actor, union leader,
       corporate spokesman, Governor of California, and President of the United
       States; and
       
          WHEREAS, Originally registered as a Democrat, in the fall of 1962
       Ronald Reagan switched his political affiliation to the Republican Party
       while in the middle of a campaign speech for Richard Nixon; and
       
          WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan served with honor and distinction for two
       terms as the 40th President of the United States of America; in the second
       of which he won 49 of the 50 states in the general election -- a record
       unsurpassed in the history of American presidential elections; and
       
          
       
       
       
          WHEREAS, In 1981, when Ronald Reagan was inaugurated
       President, he inherited a nation shackled by rampant inflation and high
       unemployment; and
       
          WHEREAS, Throughout Mr. Reagan's presidency he worked in a
       bipartisan manner to enact his bold agenda of restoring accountability and
       common sense to government, which led to an unprecedented economic
       expansion and opportunity for millions of Americans; and
       
          WHEREAS, President Reagan's commitment to an active social policy
       agenda for the nation's children helped lower crime and drug use in our
       neighborhoods; and
       
          WHEREAS, President Reagan's vision of America as a "shining city
       on a hill" restored America's faith in itself and helped make America an
       even brighter beacon of hope and democratic values in the world; and
       
          WHEREAS, President Reagan's commitment to "peace through
       strength" rebuilt America's Armed Forces and led to the end of the Cold
       War and the ultimate demise of the Soviet Union, guaranteeing basic
       human rights for millions of people; and
       
          WHEREAS, February 6, 2011, will be the 100th anniversary of
       Ronald Reagan's birth, and the seventh since his passing; now, therefore,
       
          Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty-eighth
       General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:
       
          That we, the members of the Colorado General Assembly, declare
       February 6, 2011, to be "Ronald Reagan Day" in Colorado and urge all
       Coloradans to recognize this event and participate meaningfully in its
       observance.
       
          
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
          Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent to
       Governor John Hickenlooper, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library,
       and to each member of Colorado's congressional delegation.
       
       
       
       
       
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       Frank McNulty                    Brandon C. Shaffer 
       SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE                    PRESIDENT OF
       OF REPRESENTATIVES                        THE SENATE
       
       
       
       
       
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       Marilyn Eddins                        Cindi Markwell
       CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE                SECRETARY OF
       OF REPRESENTATIVES                        THE SENATE