[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 138 (Thursday, September 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H8603]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     CONGRATULATIONS TO CAL RIPKEN ON HIS 2,131ST CONSECUTIVE GAME

  (Mr. CARDIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of all the Members of this House, 
and all baseball fans around the Nation, let me offer our collective 
congratulations to Cal Ripken, Jr., of the Baltimore Orioles. Last 
night at Camden Yards in the Third Congressional District of Maryland, 
Cal played his 2,131st consecutive game, one more than the immortal Lou 
Gehrig, and did it with the same grace and dignity that has marked his 
remarkable career.
  Mr. Speaker, there was not a dry eye in Camden Yards when Cal Ripken 
spoke after the game and gave credit to his family and the baseball 
fans for this remarkable accomplishment.
  Thank you, Cal, for being such a great role model for young and old 
alike.


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