[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 28, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H68-H69]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            SUPER BOWL XXXII

  (Mr. HEFLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Speaker, they said it could not be done. Thirty-eight 
years as a team without winning the big one, and they said it could not 
be done. For

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13 years the National Football Conference dominated the American 
Conference in the Super Bowl and they said the American Football 
Conference could not do it. Four previous times the thundering herd 
from the Mile High City had charged up to the summit only to come down 
with a thud, and some said it could not be done. When they lost the 
last three games of the season, many said they were finished, another 
year of disappointment. Again, it could not be done. Wild card teams do 
not get to the big game, they sure do not win it.
  Well, the experts said they cannot do it. But I say to my colleagues, 
these that said it could not be done were wrong. They did it. The 
Broncos are world champions. I guess it could be done after all.

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