House Proceeding 05-12-09 on May 12th, 2009 :: 2:41:45 to 2:45:55
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Ted Poe: achievements and we should reaffirm the enduring partnership and friendship between our two nations. and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman is recognized. mr. poe: i yield myself such time as i may consume. i appreciate chairman berman bringing this bill before the

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Speech By: Ted Poe

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Ted Poe: house for consideration today. "time" magazine named margaret thatcher one of the 20 most influential leaders of the 20th century. she is the only women to hold prime minister. she is an advocate for democracy around the world and steadfast friend of the united states. this resolution recognizes the

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Ted Poe: 30th anniversary of her election as the first female prime minister of the united kingdom. margarethatcher served as prime minister of great britain for 11 years from 1979 to 1990. at that time of her resignation. she was the longest continuous serving prime minister of the

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Ted Poe: united kingdom since 1827. this resolution pays tribute to her remarkable professional achievements. she was also leader of the conservative party for 15 years from 1975 to 1990. and was the only woman who hold that post. in the 20th century and only prime minister to win three

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Ted Poe: conservative terms, a testament to her bold leadership. this resolution also recognizes prime minister thatcher's dedicated work in promoting individual rights and free markets th during her time in office, prime minister thatcher fostered the dawning of a new politics called thatcherism which emphasized

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Ted Poe: individual responsibity and fiscal and social policies. when she came into office, the state of the economy was deep despair. there were pickets, food shortages and the country had double-digit inflation. margaret thatcher represented

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Ted Poe: the end of socialized government and re-institution of the free market philosophy. though plain speaking and sheer determination, she waited city after city to contract out public services to private contractors saving taxpayers $30 billion every year. she denationalized the entire economy.

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Ted Poe: family by family, she taught the nation the importance of living within their means, what a novel concept. three million families moved from public housing and became home earns under her right-to-buy program. home ownership under her administration jumped from 53% to 71%.

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Ted Poe: this resolution also recognizes margaret thatcher's robust and principled approach to foreign policy during the long cold war. prime minister thatcher and president reagan were key forces in the collapse of communism undethe former soviet union. as a matter of fact, in 1976, prime minister thatcher delivered such a bold speech

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Ted Poe: against communism in the soviet union, that the soviet union army newspaper started calling her the iron lady, and it stuck. the iron lady helped bring down the iron curtain, mr. speaker. finally this resolution acknowledges the special relationship between the united states and the united kingdom fostered by prime minister

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Ted Poe: thatcher. under her direction, the united states and united kingdom worked to overcome communism, encourage free markets around the world, curb terrorism and promote democratic and individual particular values. my grandmother used to tell me there is nothing more powerful than a woman who had made up her mind and my grandmother was

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Ted Poe: right and margaret thatcher is one of those remarkable women who has led a life by intellectual integrity and she had made up her mind. she has not only inspired women all over the world to aspire towards positions of leadership