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104TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 104-414
RONALD REAGAN BUILDING AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE
CENTER
DECEMBER 18 (legislative day, DECEMBER 15), 1995.-Referred to the House
Calendar and ordered to be printed
Mr. SHUSTER , from the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 2481]
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 2481) to designate the Federal Triangle
Project under construction at 14th Street and Pennsylvania Ave-
nue, Northwest, in the District of Columbia, as the Ronald Reagan
Building and International Trade Center, having considered the
same, report favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommend that the bill do pass.
Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United
States and one of the country's, as well as the world's, most famous
and beloved citizens. He is a true optimist who brought dignity and
respect to the office of President and revived the nation's patriotic
spirit. His life is an example to all that through commitment and
perseverance we can accomplish anything.
Ronald Reagan was born February 6, 1911, to parents of Irish
and Scots-English descent. He grew up in a succession of towns in
northern Illinois and attended college at Eureka College, earning
a degree in economics and sociology in June of 1932. The bedrock
of President Reagan's world view came from the ruggedly individ-
ualistic, optimistic ethic of his parents, along with the general val-
ues ambient in his small-town Midwest boyhood, centered in home,
family and patriotism. It was during the depression that he spent
his young adult life, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt became
his political hero as well as greatly influencing his speaking style.
President Reagan began his career in communications as a
sports announcer for the Chicago Cubs, and later became an actor
in 1937. While a sports announcer, out of his love for horseback
riding, he enlisted in the United States Army's cavalry reserve, but
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