[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 84 (Wednesday, June 24, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H5070]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 ON THE CHICAGO BULLS AND THE UTAH JAZZ

  (Mr. Davis of Illinois asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the most 
honorable gentleman from Utah for his most gracious concession speech.
  Those of us in Chicago spent a lot of time on the edge of our seats. 
As a matter of fact, we had to put our hospital emergency rooms on 
alert because so many of our people were about to have heart attacks 
thinking that Utah might win.
  Well, the fact of the matter is that they are both great and 
outstanding basketball teams who gave America many delights and many 
thrills. So we want to congratulate the Utah Jazz for being superworthy 
opponents, and we want to acknowledge their great contribution to the 
game of basketball.
  We want to thank Scottie Pippen, who happens to be my home boy. We 
both grew up in the State of Arkansas, 12 miles from each other, and I 
want to thank Scottie for this basketball.
  But I also want to make a presentation to the gentleman from Utah 
(Mr. Cook) so that he will always remember that the Chicago Bulls are 
indeed number one and that Chicago is a first class city and a world 
class town.
  So on behalf of the Chicago Bulls and all of the people of Chicago, I 
want to present to the gentleman this Chicago Bulls cap to keep forever 
and forever and I thank him so very much.

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