[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 19 (Thursday, February 28, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H636]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 HATS OFF TO WADE SATERN AND ANDY ROUSCH, AND ALL KIDS WHO QUALIFY FOR 
             THEIR STATE HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING TOURNAMENTS

  (Mr. GANSKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GANSKE. Mr. Speaker, hats are off to all the kids who qualify for 
their State high school wrestling tournaments across the country. We 
ex-high school and college wrestlers now in Congress know the hard work 
those accomplishments take.
  However, I want to especially recognize two individuals. Wade Satern, 
of Humboldt, Iowa, won the 119-pound class 2-A championship, and Andrew 
``Andy'' Rousch of Wilton, Iowa, placed third at 103 pounds in class 1-
A.
  Each of these young men wrestled with only one leg. Satern lost his 
leg as an infant; and he has said, ``I earned it just like any other 
kid earns a State championship: I worked my tail off. I personally do 
not feel like I am handicapped.''
  The Speaker of the House, an ex-wrestling coach himself, joins me in 
saying to these young men, congratulations for a job well done.

                          ____________________