[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 92 (Wednesday, June 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H5625-H5626]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                HOUSTON ROCKETS PLAYING FOR CHAMPIONSHIP

  (Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, let me take just a minute away 
from the budget cutting debate and the foreign aid debate. Tonight the 
world champion Houston Rockets will be playing in the finals with the 
Orlando Magic. I just wanted to talk about it, because this is the 
second year in a row those of us in Houston have been honored to have 
the Rockets in the world championship.
  This has been a tough year. That is why we are starting in on the 
road, even though we are world champions. We are blessed by not only a 
great basketball team but a great city in Houston.
  I was honored a couple months ago to receive an award along with 
Hakeem Olajuwon, an outstanding alumnus of the University of Houston. I 
am proud that the University of Houston is playing a part in tonight's 
world championship, because both of the Rockets' stars, Olajuwon and 
Clyde Drexler, were on the University of Houston teams in 1983 and 1984 
when they went to the NCAA championship. The Rockets are fighting to 
have a back-to-back championship. They have overcome adversity and 
injuries to become the Western Conference champions.
  I see my colleague from Phoenix. There are great teams in Phoenix and 
other western divisions. I hope they [[Page H5626]] will join us in 
trying to keep the title in the western division.


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