[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 3 (Thursday, January 9, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S114]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CONGRATULATING THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY BUCKEYES NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 
                                 WINNER

  Mr. VOINOVICH. Mr. President, I rise today as an alumnus of Ohio 
State University and a Senator filled with pride for our 2002 national 
champions, the Ohio State Buckeyes.
  I congratulate my home team and their outstanding coach, Jim Tressel, 
on a spectacular win and the best season ever in the history of Ohio 
State University--14 wins and no losses. Throughout the season, the 
Buckeyes showed a remarkable spirit of determination, cooperation, and 
the best teamwork that I have seen in a football team, frankly, during 
my lifetime.
  The Buckeyes have good people and a great leader who inspired his 
team to do their best--as athletes and young men with character, 
determination, pride, and loyalty to each other and to their alumni.
  On the night of the game, some of the sports pundits said that the 
other team had more talent than the Ohio State Buckeyes. But throughout 
this season, we utilized our talent more fully than any other opponent.
  The Buckeyes have that special ingredient--sticking together and 
working together--a true symbiotic relationship. They understood that 
the more they cooperated on behalf of the team as a whole the better 
off all of them would be. That is the spirit that shone through during 
the whole season--unselfish determination and genuine teamwork. That is 
what it was about.
  Their lesson is a good one for us in the Senate. It is the same kind 
of spirit that we are going to need on the floor of the Senate and in 
our country if we expect to win the war on terrorism and to become 
national champions for our hard-working citizens who put their trust in 
us. We would all do well to emulate the 2002 Ohio State Buckeyes. I 
congratulate our 2002 national champions and again underscore that if 
we can maintain the spirit they have of working together, teamwork, and 
bipartisanship, we are going to have an outstanding season here in the 
108th Congress.

  I suggest the absence of quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Dole). Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, are we in morning business?
  Mr. CRAPO. The Senate is in morning business for another 23\1/2\ 
minutes.
  Mr. DORGAN. I ask unanimous consent to speak in morning business for 
20 minutes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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