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Article: Pelosi Tribute to President Ronald Reagan.
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- PR Newswire
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- June 9, 2004
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WASHINGTON, June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke this evening on the House floor to honor former President Ronald Reagan during consideration of a Bereavement Resolution for President Reagan, who died on June 5. Below are Pelosi's remarks:
"Mr. Speaker, with the death of President Ronald Reagan and the dignity with which he left us, there is truly 'mourning in America.' If the meaning of a life can be measured by the hearts touched by one's death, the outpouring of grief at the death of our 40th President speaks to the distinctly 'American Life' that was Ronald Wilson Reagan.
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