[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 10 (Wednesday, February 11, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S599]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             PICABO STREET

  Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I thank my colleagues for yielding but a 
brief moment for the Senate to recognize something that went on last 
night nearly halfway around the world while all of us slept. A 
marvelous young lady from Idaho, and a superb athlete, won the gold 
medal, one of our first gold medals in this Olympics in Nagano, Japan. 
Picabo Street, from the Sun Valley area of Idaho, who was a silver 
medalist in the 1994 Olympics, brought home the gold.
  I think all of us are extremely proud this morning of our country and 
our athletes, and this fine woman athlete, Picabo Street, who some 
months ago had major knee surgery, while she was at the World Cup had a 
major accident, but with tremendous guts and tenacity and ability she 
is now one of our gold medalists and we are all proud.
  I yield the floor.

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