President Reagan Speaks at U.S. Capitol

VS of adult, predominantly Caucasian, males and females of all ages on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol, listening to U.S. President Ronald Reagan speaking about the increase in federal spending without the ability to pay for it, leading to inflation, high interest rates, and high taxation. U.S. Senators Howell Heflin (D-AL), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Majority Leader Howard Baker (R-TN), Strom Thurmond (R-SC), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Jesse Helms (R-NC), and Bob Dole (R-KS) are present, along with U.S. House Representatives Phil Gramm (D-TX), Barber Conable Jr. (R-NY), and Robert Michel (R-IL), Minority Leader seated with other middle-aged and elderly adult Caucasian men behind the President, listening to speech. President Reagan speaking on the peoples' right to pursue happiness, not the government's need to provide it.