[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 102 (Thursday, July 17, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H5410]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    HOUSTON OILERS MOVE TO TENNESSEE

  (Mr. GREEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GREEN. Mr. Speaker, recently the Houston Oilers received the 
final agreement to leave Houston and become the Tennessee Oilers, 
playing in Memphis, TN, this year and later on in Nashville, TN.
  As a long-time Houston Oiler fan, I am looking for a new professional 
team to adopt. I worked as a 13-year-old at the old Oiler football 
games at Jeppesen Stadium, now Robertson Stadium, on the University of 
Houston campus.
  Today I am cleaning out some of my Oiler paraphernalia like a lot of 
people in Houston are doing. I want to present them to the gentleman 
from Nashville, TN [Mr. Clement] and say, ``You can have this hat, you 
can have this glass that says Houston Oilers,'' even a bumper sticker 
from our local radio station that plays the Oilers and their games, and 
even a pin that says, ``Love You, Blue.''
  Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman [Mr. Clement].
  Mr. CLEMENT. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman. I thank him for 
remembering Sam Houston and Davy Crockett and the countless volunteers 
that fought for Texas and independence. I have always heard all my 
life, if it had not been for Tennessee, there would not have been a 
Texas.
  Well, we are not going to get Houston oil but we are going to get the 
Houston Oilers. We appreciate it very much. Payments are in full, and 
we deeply appreciate the gentleman realizing that we now have bought a 
great team. We want him to come see them play in the near future in 
Memphis and then in Nashville, TN. We have a lot to be proud of, and we 
will sure help the gentleman and work with him to get another team.

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