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Royce, Rohrabacher, Donatelli, and York Address Capitol Hill Interns Interns from Capitol Hill and across the Conservative Movement gathered for Young America’s Foundation’s panel, “Can Reagan’s Principles Be Applied in the Obama Era?” Congressman Dana Rohrabacher makes a surprise appearance and addresses the young Foundation Vice President Ron Pearson helped organize people attending Young America’s Foundation’s Capitol Hill panel. the event, which drew a large, standing-room-only crowd. Since 2005, Young America’s Foundation has hosted this annual program near the anniversary of President Reagan’s passing. The panel included remarks from Congressman Ed Royce from California’s 39th district, who was a YAF member during his college days at California State University at Fullerton. Congressman Royce was joined by T. Kenneth Cribb, Young America’s Foundation director and an advisor to President Reagan, and Byron York, chief political correspondent for the Washington Examiner and a Fox News contributor. Reagan Ranch Board of Governors Chairman Frank Donatelli, who served as a senior administration official in the Reagan White House, moderated the panel and underscored that Ronald Reagan’s vision of limited government is needed now more than ever. For the second year in a row, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher surprised interns by making an impromptu address about his days as a young activist and meeting Reagan, the soon-to-be governor of California, after camping on Reagan’s lawn.
Congressman Ed Royce speaks to a capacity crowd of Capitol Hill interns during the Foundation’s annual panel on Ronald Reagan. Young America’s Foundation | Libertas | Winter 2014
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