[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 79 (Monday, June 7, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H3716]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CONGRATULATING PEOPLE OF GUAM ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOUTH PACIFIC GAMES

  (Mr. UNDERWOOD asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I take this time on the floor to 
congratulate the people of Guam for their exemplary contributions to 
the management and the operation of the South Pacific Games.
  The South Pacific Games occur every 4 years and invite a number of 
athletes from all the South Pacific independent nations, as well as 
territories under French control and under American control, for games 
which are actually part of a larger set of games qualifying for the 
Olympics.
  I am happy to report that Governor Carl Gutierrez, as well as 
Clifford Guzman, Rick Goss and a number of other people from the Guam 
National Olympic Coordinating Committee, have done an exemplary job in 
welcoming over 3,000 athletes from throughout the Pacific Islands.
  Right now Guam is number three in medals, but we still have a week 
left to go. I want to congratulate all of the fine athletes from Guam.

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