[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 172 (Thursday, November 2, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H11689-H11690]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AN HONORARY GEORGIAN FOR THE DAY

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, today we in the Georgia delegation pick up 
a new Member. To the young men and women from Magnificent High School, 
I know this is shocking.
  But as your own gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Hoke], who for the day, as 
part of being on the losing side of the World Series, becomes an 
honorary Georgian. Here is State flag for him, a tomahawk. I am going 
to give him some of the other Georgia products off the floor, but in 
the meantime I yield to him, and I want him to show the American people 
that he is truly an Atlanta Brave for the day, and he is wearing a 
Braves tie.
  Mr. HOKE. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I do 
thank him for this gift and these other gifts. These really are very 
thrilling, and of course I am fulfilling my side of a bet here.
  Because I have to admit any team that could beat the team that had 
the very best record in all of baseball in the past 40 years, any team 
that could beat the team that had the highest batting average in the 
past 40 years of any baseball team, any team that could beat the team 
that won going away by 

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over 30 games this year, and I am talking about the Cleveland Indians, 
then the Atlanta Braves do deserve credit.
  It was an agreement both with you and also with the Speaker of the 
House that if I lost these bets I would wear this tie for the day, and 
in addition, I am going to be sending pirogies to a hunger center on 
behalf of Newt Gingrich and some bratwurst and some other good 
Cleveland food, and I offer my congratulations to the Atlanta Braves, 
to the great people of Georgia, and if I do not get hives too badly, I 
will wear this all day pursuant to my agreement.
  Mr. KINGSTON. You will wear it all day. You may want to wear it next 
season as well.

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