Oklahoma
State Senate
Communications Division
State Capitol
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105
For Immediate Release: February 5, 2008
Sen. Glenn Coffee
Senate Honors President Reagan
One of the first Senate votes for the 2008 Legislative
Session honored President Ronald Reagan and declared February 6,
2008 “Ronald Reagan Day,” in Oklahoma.
The resolution reads that Ronald Reagan was “a man of humble
background, and worked throughout his life serving freedom and advancing
the public good.” In addition, “Reagan served with honor
and distinction for two terms as the fortieth President of the United
States of America, the second of which earned him the confidence
of three-fifths of the electorate and victory in forty-nine of the
fifty states in the general election—a record unsurpassed
in the history of American presidential elections.”
“Ronald Reagan was a visionary leader who loved his country
and helped spread freedom around the globe. He was one of our nation’s
greatest presidents, and it is an honor to help recognize his achievements
by designating ‘Ronald Reagan Day’ in Oklahoma,”
Coffee said.
Reagan rose as a strong leader for this nation, inheriting at his
inauguration “a disillusioned nation shackled by rampant inflation
and high unemployment.” The resolution also cites that during
his presidency, Reagan “worked in a bipartisan fashion 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.”
Senate Concurrent Resolution 48 commends President Reagan’s
“vision of ‘peace through strength’ [that] led
to the end of the Cold War and the ultimate demise of the Soviet
Union, guaranteeing basic human rights for millions of people.”
Senate Co-President Pro Tem Glenn Coffee, R-Oklahoma City along
with Representative Randy McDaniel of the House authored SCR 48
that created “Ronald Reagan Day.”
For more information contact:
Senator Coffee's Office: (405) 521-5654
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