[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 98 (Thursday, June 15, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5986]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              THE HOUSTON ROCKETS: BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPIONS

  (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, today I take the floor to honor 
the 1995 National Basketball Association back-to-back champions, the 
Houston Rockets.
  Let me take a minute out of our day because we are going to talk 
about the defense budget, to say that the Houston Rockets have 
definitively proven hard work, great coaching, great teamwork, and 
uncompromising drive are the best ingredients for champions, just like 
our country has shown. Hakeem Olajuwon, the most valuable player in the 
finals for 2 consecutive years, was a teammate of Clyde Drexler, and 
they both played at the University of Houston during the 1980's. They 
can now share the world championship.
  The Houston Rockets are coached by Rudy Tomjanovich. Their 
outstanding players include, Robert Horry from Alabama, Sam Cassell 
from Baltimore, Kenny Smith, who played college basketball at North 
Carolina, and, again, Clyde Drexler, a Houstonian and graduate of 
Sterling High School in Houston, and Hakeem Olajwon, who was born in 
Nigeria, joined by our team owner, Les Alexander, who is actually from 
Florida.
  They have shown each of us what hard work and teamwork and pride can 
do. They also demonstrated that especially immigrants have a great deal 
to offer to our society. Because, my fellow Members, as Americans we 
all come from somewhere but we also are all in this together.
  Our congratulations to the 1995 Houston Rockets, again, back-to-back 
champions.

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