[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 17 (Wednesday, February 11, 2004)]
[House]
[Pages H478-H482]
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  COMMENDING LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY TIGERS FOR WINNING 2003 BOWL 
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND COMMENDING SOUTHERN 
  UNIVERSITY JAGUARS FOOTBALL TEAM FOR WINNING 2003 SBN BLACK COLLEGE 
                     NATIONAL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

  Mr. BAKER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that it be in order 
at any time for the majority leader or his designee to call up House 
Resolution 496; the resolution be considered as read; and the previous 
question be considered as ordered on the resolution to final adoption 
without intervening motion except (1) one hour of debate and (2) one 
motion to recommit.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Culberson). Is there objection to the 
request of the gentleman from Louisiana?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. BAKER. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the previous order of the House, 
and as the designee of the majority leader, I call up the resolution 
(H. Res. 496) commending the Louisiana State University Tigers football 
team for winning the 2003 Bowl Championship Series national 
championship game, and commending the Southern University Jaguars 
football team for winning the 2003 SBN Black College National Football 
championship, and ask for its immediate consideration.

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  The Clerk read the title of the resolution.
  The text of House Resolution 496 is as follows:

                              H. Res. 496

       Whereas the Louisiana State University Tigers football team 
     won the 2003 Bowl Championship Series national championship 
     game, defeating Oklahoma University by a score of 21-14 in 
     the Nokia Sugar Bowl at the Louisiana Superdome in New 
     Orleans, Louisiana, on January 4, 2004;
       Whereas the Louisiana State University football team won 
     the Southeastern Conference Championship, defeating the 
     University of Georgia by a score of 34-13 in the Southeastern 
     Conference Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, 
     Georgia, on December 6, 2003;
       Whereas the Louisiana State University football team won 13 
     games during the 2003 season, more games than in any other 
     season in Louisiana State University history;
       Whereas the Louisiana State University football team won 5 
     games against nationally ranked opponents during the 2003 
     season;
       Whereas the Louisiana State University football team set 8 
     school records during the 2003 season;
       Whereas in 2003 the Louisiana State University football 
     team was first in the Nation in total defense, allowing only 
     252 yards per game, and scoring defense, allowing only 1 team 
     to score more than 20 points in any game during the season;
       Whereas Louisiana State University football head coach Nick 
     Saban was named the National Coach of the Year by the 
     Associated Press and the Football Writers Association of 
     America;
       Whereas 4 players--Chad Lavalais, Corey Webster, Skyler 
     Green, and Stephen Peterman--were named first-team All-
     Americans;
       Whereas offensive tackle Rodney Reed was named a National 
     Scholar-Athlete by the National Football Foundation and was 
     named first-team Academic All-American;
       Whereas quarterback Matt Mauck threw 28 touchdown passes 
     during the 2003 season, a Louisiana State University single 
     season record, and was named second-team Academic All-
     American;
       Whereas running back Justin Vincent was named most valuable 
     player of the Southeastern Conference Championship game and 
     the Nokia Sugar Bowl;
       Whereas the Southern University Jaguars were named the 2003 
     SBN Black College National Football Champions;
       Whereas on December 13, 2003, in front of 31,617 fans in 
     Birmingham, Alabama, the Southern University football team 
     defeated Alabama State University by a score of 20-9 to win 
     the Southwestern Athletic Conference Championship game and 
     Southern University's 19th Southwestern Athletic Conference 
     title;
       Whereas the Southern University football team beat 
     Grambling State University by a score of 44-41 to win the 
     2003 State Farm Bayou Classic and a trip to the Southwestern 
     Athletic Conference Championship game;
       Whereas the Southern University football team finished the 
     2003 football season with a 12-1 record;
       Whereas the Southern University Jaguars' football head 
     coach, Pete Richardson, earned his 5th conference title in 
     his 11th year of coaching at Southern University;
       Whereas Southern University coach Pete Richardson was named 
     Coach of the Year by the Southwestern Athletic Conference;
       Whereas Southern University quarterback Quincy Richard led 
     the most effective offense in Black college football this 
     year and was named Offensive Player of the Year by the 
     Southwestern Athletic Conference;
       Whereas 4 Southern University football players have been 
     named to the 2003 SBN Black College All-American Team, 
     including quarterback Quincy Richard, offensive linemen 
     Arnold Sims and Miniya Smith, and defensive back Lenny 
     Williams;
       Whereas the Southern University football team was the most 
     efficient and dominant football team in the Southwestern 
     Athletic Conference in the 2003 season; and
       Whereas over 1,000,000 devoted fans attended the top 30 
     Black college football games in the 2003 season: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
       (1) commends the Louisiana State University Tigers football 
     team for winning the 2003 Bowl Championship Series national 
     championship game;
       (2) recognizes the achievements of all the players, 
     coaches, and support staff who were instrumental in helping 
     the Louisiana State University football team during the 2003 
     football season;
       (3) directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to 
     make available enrolled copies of this resolution to 
     Louisiana State University for appropriate display and 
     distribution to the coaches and members of the 2003 Louisiana 
     State University football team;
       (4) commends the Southern University Jaguars football team 
     for winning the 2003 SBN Black College National Championship;
       (5) recognizes the achievements of all the players, 
     coaches, and support staff who were instrumental in helping 
     the Southern University football team during the 2003 
     football season; and
       (6) directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to 
     make available enrolled copies of this resolution to Southern 
     University for appropriate display and distribution to the 
     coaches and members of the 2003 Southern University football 
     team.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the order of the House of today, 
the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Baker) is recognized for 1 hour.
  Mr. BAKER. Mr. Speaker, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the 
gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. John), for purposes of debate only.


                             General Leave

  Mr. BAKER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may 
have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks 
on H. Res. 496.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Louisiana?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. BAKER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today with a particular note of pride to speak on 
behalf of two fine athletic achievements from institutions both 
domiciled within the great city of Baton Rouge.
  It began last fall when LSU set eight school records during the 2003 
season. They won 13 games during that season, more games than in any 
other season in Louisiana State University history. They won the 
Southeastern Conference championship, defeating the University of 
Georgia by a score of 34 to 13 in the Southeastern Conference 
championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta on December 6, 2003. 
This was followed by a terrific game and a victory in the 2003 Bowl 
Championship Series for the national championship, defeating Oklahoma 
University by a score of 21 to 14 in the Nokia Sugar Bowl on January 4, 
2004.
  Let me say a word about the excellent Oklahoma team and the manner in 
which their athletes competed. There was no giving up until the final 
whistle blew. It was a terrific game to watch.
  But I want to express great appreciation to the young men of the LSU 
football team for their commitment to excellence and their hard work in 
pursuit of this championship. As a result of this effort, they were 
first in the Nation in total defense, allowing only 252 yards per game, 
and scoring defense, allowing only one team in a game to score more 
than 20 points. As a result of this outstanding effort, Coach Nick 
Saban was named the National Coach of the Year by the Associated Press 
and the Football Writers Association of America, and Chad Lavalais, 
Corey Webster, Skyler Green and Stephen Peterman were all named first-
team All-Americans.
  At the same time, as amazing as this accomplishment was for any 
athletic program, located just across the city is the great Southern 
University, also within the Sixth Congressional District of Louisiana.
  They ended their football season, finishing with a 12 and 1 record, 
defeating Grambling State University in an exciting game, 44 to 41, to 
win the 2003 State Farm Bayou Classic and the right to go to the 
Southwestern Athletic Conference championship game.
  On December 13, 2003, in front of 31,617 fans in Birmingham, Alabama, 
the Southern University team defeated Alabama State by a score of 20 to 
9 to win the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship game and 
Southern University's 19th Southwestern Athletic Conference title, 
consequently were named the 2003 SBN Black College National Football 
Champions.
  This is an extraordinary occurrence, when two programs of such 
excellence achieve national prominence and bring home the national 
championship.
  Although there has been some discussion about the manner in which 
this championship was arrived at, I would be quick to point out that 
this resolution is the first such resolution to be considered on the 
House floor, and appropriately so, because I believe, without doubt, 
LSU and Southern University are first in the Nation in football 
excellence.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. JOHN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, first let me thank my good friend and colleague from 
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for introducing this resolution, and, of 
course, thank him for extending me the time.
  I am very proud to stand up here today to congratulate two national

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championships from the same city. I think that is an accomplishment 
that we all in Louisiana, and certainly the Congressman from Baton 
Rouge, should be very proud of.
  As the gentleman mentioned, on January 4, down in the Louisiana 
Superdome in the Sugar Bowl, which was the BCS national championship, 
the LSU Fighting Tigers, my alma mater, defeated the Oklahoma Sooners 
in the Bowl Championship Series national title. The Tigers did the 
State proud by bringing home the first national championship in 45 
years, Mr. Speaker; and I think that is a proud accomplishment.
  However, LSU, as the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Baker) has 
mentioned, is not the only collegiate football team to excel this year. 
The Southern University Jaguars gave the fans throughout the country 
something to cheer about when they were recognized in the Sheraton Poll 
as the 2004 Historical Black College National Championship, completing 
the dual national championships from two universities from the same 
town.
  The Southern Jaguars completed an impressive 12 and 1 season, 
including a very exciting football game in the Superdome in the Bayou 
Classic and also the Southwest Athletic Conference title championship 
game.
  Mr. Speaker, but this was more than just about two football games. I 
am very proud to stand up here and congratulate the athletic programs 
of both universities, but this was also an opportunity to showcase the 
academic excellence of both of those universities. I am very proud of 
that.
  LSU chancellor, Mark Emmert; Southern University chancellor, Ed 
Jackson; the LSU football coach, Nick Saban; the Southern football 
coach, Peter Richardson; all the students; the great fans from 
Louisiana should all be proud and join us in recognizing this wonderful 
accomplishment of the two national championships from my home State. I 
am very proud to stand here and congratulate them.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. BAKER. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the 
gentleman from Louisiana (Chairman Tauzin).
  Mr. TAUZIN. Mr. Speaker, this is a very important resolution, because 
it recognizes a most unusual event in our Nation's sports history, when 
two college teams in the same town, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, not a big 
metropolitan town like Los Angeles or New York or what have you, but a 
small southern capital city, when two universities in that town achieve 
the ranking of number one in the Nation, national championships, both 
the Black College National Championship with Southern and the NCAA 
championship with the LSU Tigers, that is a remarkable event.
  I missed the LSU game, by the way. My friend from Crowley should know 
the fact I spent the night in Crowley Hospital in fact attending to a 
problem I was having that night and missed the game, and my wife had to 
tell me who won the next morning.
  But I did watch the replay, and the gentleman is absolutely right, it 
was an amazing game. Unfortunately, I stayed there with my two tickets, 
knocked out for the evening, and did not see the game. But when I saw 
the replay, I realized how tough a game it was.
  Oklahoma was a great team. The Oklahoma Sooners were supposed to be 
the ``team of the century'' as they began their season, stumbled with 
Kansas State, and again faced an incredibly improving LSU team under 
Nick Saban. Coach Richardson with the Southern team had an amazing run 
of great victories to a national championship as well. What an 
outstanding year Baton Rouge, Louisiana, had and our State of Louisiana 
had in these two national championships.
  The most remarkable thing, of course, is the way these two coaches 
have brought these players along. If you watched the season of these 
two teams, you saw coaches really working with young men and bringing 
them along, both athletically and in many other ways, making great men 
of them as they proceeded through their schedule. When the end of the 
season came, they were all much better than when they started, both 
academically, athletically and in so many other ways.
  I should also tell you one of my best friends in this world is a 
former Member, Bill Brewster. You should know that last Friday Bill 
Brewster went through open heart surgery here in Washington, D.C. He 
had five bypasses, and he is back at his desk today. He is doing great; 
he has recovered.
  But I called him up when I knew he was going into that surgery, since 
he is from Oklahoma and he was a Congressman from Oklahoma, to offer 
him some LSU surgeons, since we had learned to cut up on Oklahoma 
pretty good in the stadium in New Orleans. He had a good laugh and 
said, ``You are going to break my stitches. Don't do that, please.''
  The bottom line is we had a great year. The coaches and players at 
LSU, my son is an LSU senior right now, as you and I, all of us are LSU 
graduates, he is a senior now at LSU, and the thrill of those students, 
I know at LSU and Southern, to watch their team achieve such great 
heights is an inspiration for all those young people. They are going to 
be better students. They are going to be better people because they 
went through a great year, and they saw what hard work, determination 
and just gutting it out means in terms of winning a great victory the 
way the teams won those victories.
  So, again, our great congratulations to the LSU Tigers and the 
Southern Jaguars, our great appreciation to the coaches and their 
staffs and the students and those folks who run those two great 
institutions, and our congratulations to the fans of our great State, 
who stuck with our teams through some hard times until this great year 
we experienced.
  So, again, thank you for bringing this resolution forward, Richard, 
and again congratulations at Mardi Gras time to the State of Louisiana.
  ``Laissez les bon temps rouler,'' let the good times roll.
  Mr. BAKER. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the 
distinguished gentleman from North Louisiana (Mr. McCrery).
  Mr. McCRERY. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the gentleman bringing this 
resolution to the floor.
  Mr. Speaker, I am a graduate of LSU Law School, so, of course, I am 
very proud of the LSU Tigers and their national championship this year. 
But I have to tell you not only LSU graduates are proud of the LSU 
Tigers. LSU is an institution in Louisiana that exceeds just the 
confines of the campus and the student body and the alumni. Everybody 
in Louisiana takes great pride in watching the LSU Tigers play, so, of 
course, the State is just very excited still about the national 
championship.
  Southern University, the Jaguars, have a long history of great 
football teams, this year, of course, winning the national championship 
for Black Colleges. So Baton Rouge, as the gentleman from Louisiana 
(Mr. Tauzin) pointed out, is the home of two national champions, and we 
all of us in Louisiana, north Louisiana and south Louisiana alike, are 
very proud of those two schools and our capital of Baton Rouge.
  I took my two boys and my wife to the Sugar Bowl; and just to give 
you some idea of the excitement that was generated by LSU, my two boys, 
who are 10 and 8, I have never seen them get so excited about anything, 
whether it is Christmas morning or birthday presents. These guys were 
excited. Just throughout the stadium, people were excited about what 
was going on in our State and with our football team, the LSU Tigers.

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  So it was a great victory not only for LSU but for everybody who 
lives in Louisiana and who enjoys watching the LSU Tigers play 
football. The same thing I am sure for the alumni fans, children of 
graduates of Southern University. So, all in all, this year we just 
could not have asked for a better ending to the football season at both 
Southern and LSU.
  So I thank the gentleman for bringing this resolution to the floor.
  I commend the coaches of both schools and the players. I want to 
particularly point out Nick Saban's performance not only on the 
football field and not only on the sideline but before the cameras. In 
every interview leading up to the Sugar Bowl, I think Coach Saban was 
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comments about the BCS and who might be the eventual champion, who 
should be and what game. He never, ever got cross-wise with the press. 
He never stuck his nose up and said LSU ought to be here or there. He 
just said, look, we are just going to play the game and see what 
happens; and whatever game they tell us to go to and play, that is 
where we will go and play. I thought he exhibited a great deal of 
character and class in that whole time period leading up to the game.
  So congratulations to Coach Saban for a fine performance on the field 
and off the field.
  Mr. JOHN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I have the gentleman from New Orleans, Louisiana, (Mr. Jefferson) who 
is on his way to also join in this celebration of two national 
championships.
  Of course, I am very proud of being not only an alumnus of that great 
institution but also for being present at the game. It was an 
incredible game. It was a defensive game. Of course, Coach Saban always 
said, and borrowed a line from many famous coaches, that defense wins 
national championships. Of course, the 21-to-14 score at the end of the 
game I think reiterated the fact that the defense indeed did win this 
national championship.
  I am actually looking forward to the 2004 season with the BCS to 
ending up very similar to this year, but the only difference is it will 
happen in Miami and not New Orleans.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. BAKER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I wish to read into the Record additional commendations that are 
certainly appropriate. I recognize that Coach Saban was named the 
Associated Press Coach of the Year. I would like to also recognize the 
Southern University Coach, Pete Richardson, who was named Coach of the 
Year by the Southwestern Athletic Conference, as well as having young 
men named to the SBN Black College All American Team, including 
quarterback Quincy Richard, offensive linemen Arnold Sims and Miniya 
Smith, and defensive back Lenny Williams. So the achievements and 
recognition coming to both universities, their football leadership, and 
the members of the team have been extraordinary.
  It is with great pleasure that I participate in this discussion this 
afternoon and note, as I did a few moments ago to the gentleman from 
Louisiana, that this is also the first resolution to be considered in 
the House on this matter. Although there appeared to be controversy, I 
do not consider it so. There was merely discussion about the efficacy 
of Louisiana State University being named number one as a result of 
some expressed concerns about the BCS. Those concerns only became 
apparent when the calculations turned out the way they did at the end 
of the day. Many people were quite happy to abide by the BCS scientific 
analysis as long as LSU remained in third position.
  So I just wanted to enter into the Record that once again, with the 
consideration of this resolution, LSU is moving forward in first place 
through the legislative process.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. JOHN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  As the gentleman mentioned, I happen to be, I guess notwithstanding 
anything else, a big fan of the BCS. I believe that it is a system that 
is maybe far from perfect, but I am very supportive of the theory of 
what it is all about. It puts to strength the schedule and also puts 
the games, who you play, and not just how many points you score. And I 
think that, in the end, it was very close. It was in the decimal 
points.
  But I also want to congratulate the University of Southern 
California, who had a very excellent season and ended on a very 
positive note. But the BCS, I think we will hear lots of controversy 
about it, but I think it worked. I think it was something that is far 
from perfect, as I mentioned before, but it is something that is needed 
in college football, and we are moving towards that.
  Mr. BAKER. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. JOHN. I yield to the gentleman from Louisiana.
  Mr. BAKER. Mr. Speaker, I would like to point out that when we start 
a political campaign as hopeful candidates to be elected to Congress, 
we set up a standard of rules, we conduct the campaign, and we finalize 
the campaign based on those pre-determined sets of rules. Rarely do we 
get engaged in a discussion about changing the rules during the course 
of the campaign.
  I think, although I had some differences myself with the way the BCS 
calculations were to ultimately be determined, once the BCS was put in 
place, win or lose, we had to abide by those rules until that season 
was over.
  Now next season may bring us new opportunities to talk about perhaps 
playoff opportunities. Some were interested in seeing a playoff game 
between LSU and USC. I would personally have enjoyed that to a great 
extent.
  Mr. JOHN. Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time, it is also just 
interesting to note that all of the conferences across the NCAA signed 
off on those rules before the season started, so we must play by those 
rules.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman 
from New Orleans (Mr. Jefferson), my friend and colleague.
  Mr. JEFFERSON. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding me 
this time.
  I hope the Nation can appreciate this bipartisan effort here that is 
being made to bring to the attention of those who are still unconvinced 
that LSU is the undisputed national champion of college football. I 
hear no objection to that on this floor from any of my colleagues, 
because it is a fact.
  I am very proud that this event that established LSU as the 
undisputed national champion was held in my home district in New 
Orleans in the Super Dome. It was a rousing crowd and a wonderful 
event; and, of course, the right team won.
  I am also here to say for Southern University how proud we are of 
that university. That is a school to which I went some 35 years ago 
now, from which I graduated before law school and which I hold very 
close to my heart. Southern University has won the National Black 
College Championship Award for this year. So two schools from 
Louisiana, both from Baton Rouge, from the biggest district have 
distinguished themselves and therefore brought honor on our State and I 
believe for our entire Nation.
  We ought to be very proud of them. They not only distinguish 
themselves in football, as my colleagues know. They have wonderful 
records of accomplishments in academia, which is their major function. 
They graduate as athletes, and they do a wonderful job all the way 
around.
  So Louisiana is in the spotlight tonight for something that is very, 
very good. All of us are proud of them, Republicans and Democrats 
across this country. We are proud of our schools and proud of what they 
stand for and proud of the tradition that they represent, the best of 
competition in college football. This year that competition being 
rewarded in the fact that both of them are undisputed national 
champions in their respective fields of operation.
  Mr. JOHN. Mr. Speaker, I have no more speakers, and I yield back the 
balance of my time.
  Mr. BAKER. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to offer this resolution for 
consideration by the House. I look forward to its final adoption and, 
more importantly, next season.
  Mr. VITTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to today to congratulate the 
Louisiana State University Fighting Tigers football team for winning 
the 2003 National Championship and the Southern University Jaguars for 
being named the 2003 SBN Black College Football championship. Both of 
these schools brought great excitement to the people of Louisiana, 
including myself, and undoubtedly deserving champions.
  As I watched the game in the Superdome I knew I was watching 
something special, a part of history that folks in Louisiana would be 
proud of for a long time. LSU defensively dominated Oklahoma on its way 
to a 21-14 victory over the heavily favored Sooners to bring the 
national title back to Baton Rouge for first time since the ``Chinese 
Bandits'' secured it in 1958. Led by coach of the year Nick Saban, the 
Tigers won a school record 12 games this year and their 9th 
Southeastern Conference Championship beating arch rivals Ole Miss, 
Auburn, Alabama, and Arkansas by a combined score of 130-48.

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  The Tigers got outstanding performances from several players during 
the season. True Freshman Justin Vincent was named the most valuable 
player of the Southeastern Conference Championship game against 
Georgia, where he rushed for 201 yards and the Sugar Bowl where he ran 
for 117 yards with 1 touchdown.
  LSU's defense led by first team all-American Chad Lavlais ranked 
number 1 in the Nation this season in scoring defense allowing only an 
average of 11 points per game and only yielding more that 20 points in 
1 game. The defense was the difference in the National Championship 
game as Defensive End Marcus Spears intercepted a Jason White pass and 
ran it back for what turned out to be the go ahead touchdown.
  But this is not the only title that now resides in Louisiana. The 
Southern University Jaguars defeated Alabama State University 20-9 to 
win their 19th Southwestern Athletic Conference title and become the 
SBN Black College Football National Champions.
  Under the guidance of Pete Richardson, this year's Southwestern 
Conference coach of the year, the Jaguars earned their 5th conference 
title in Coach Richarson's 11 year tenure and defeated Grambling State 
University in a 44-41 shootout to win the annual Bayou Classic held in 
the New Orleans Superdome.
  Southern Quarterback Quincy Richard was named the Offensive Player of 
the year and was named to the SBN Black College All American Team, 
along with offensive lineman Arnold Sims, Miniya Smith, and defensive 
back Lenny Williams.
  It is an honor to congratulate both these teams on a memorable and 
historic season that will forever bring great pride to each University 
and the people to Louisiana.
  Mr. BAKER. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Simpson). Without objection, the 
previous question is ordered.
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution.
  The resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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