[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 63 (Thursday, May 19, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: May 19, 1994]
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               GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS JENNIFER CAPRIATI

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, Jennifer Capriati, she beat Monica Seles, 
she beat Steffi Graf, she beat Tracy Austin, she beat Martina 
Navratilova. Ladies and gentlemen, Jennifer Capriati had defeated Chris 
Evert.
  Mr. Speaker, Jennifer Capriati was busted for drugs. The Jennifer 
Capriati case is not about American teens, I think it is more about 
American attitudes and values.
  When, at all costs, money, win, peewee football, little league 
baseball, not for youngsters to learn teamwork, but to get the big 
ring, put them under pressure to get it all.
  Ladies and gentleman, what have we done to our country and what have 
we done with our kids? This is a sad day. I say this: Good luck and God 
bless Jennifer Capriati in her fight now to defeat a very, very big 
opponent. I think it is time we all take a look in the mirror and see 
how we raise our children and what is really happening in America.

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