[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 4 (Friday, January 9, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H141-H142]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   FOOTBALL BOWL VICTORIES FOR RICE UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF 
                                HOUSTON

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Madam Speaker, well, in talking about bowl 
games, I have certainly got to rise and salute the City of Houston, the 
fourth largest city in the Nation. We had two universities win their 
bowl games.
  Rice University and the University of Houston proudly won their bowl 
games and showed the world that football is played in large cities. Let 
me congratulate Rice University, which has one of the highest academic 
standards and standings in the United States of America, along with the 
proudness of their football team, and, yes, the University of Houston 
that is now reaching

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to be a world-renowned research institution that the State of Texas 
truly needs. They won their bowl game, having not won one in a number 
of years.
  It's exciting to see the manner of enthusiasm amongst the alumni and 
our schools. Obviously our schools are there to educate, but it really 
is grand for the City of Houston and all of its population to celebrate 
two great winners, Rice University and the University of Houston, who 
won their bowl games, 2008.
  Go forever, Rice and the University of Houston.

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