[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 175 (Tuesday, November 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H11789]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 ART MODELL MUST OBEY CLEVELAND'S LAWS

  (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, year in and year out, the Cleveland 
Browns averaged 70,000 paying fans a game, but owner Art Modell says 
that is not enough. He said he is losing money. Who is kidding whom? 
This move to Baltimore is nothing but a sweetheart deal for Modell and 
a raw deal for the city of Cleveland.
  Mr. Speaker, what is the surprise? Anyone who would fire Paul Brown, 
trade Paul Warfield, and cut outright Bernie Kozar does not know the 
meaning of loyalty or community. I am asking the Ohio attorney general 
to enforce the contract between Cleveland Browns and the city of 
Cleveland. If the fine print is binding on those in the dog pound and 
Mayor White, the fine print should be binding on Art Modell.

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