In a 2001 press conference to announce his retirement, Gramm had this to say about the bill: I wrote the first Reagan budget – the Gramm–Latta budget that rebuilt national defense and that laid the foundation for a program of peace through strength; the Reagan program that tore down the Berlin Wall, that liberated Eastern Europe, that transformed the Soviet Union and that changed the world."Senator Phil Gramm Announces His Retirement" . CNN. September 4, 2001.
in a 2001 press conference to announce his retirement gramm had this to say about the bill i wrote the first reagan budget – the gramm–latta budget that rebuilt national defense and that laid the foundation for a program of peace through strength; the reagan program that tore down the berlin wall that liberated eastern europe that transformed the soviet union and that changed the world"senator phil gramm announces his retirement"  cnn september 4 2001