[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 13, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H44]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

  (Mr. CAO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CAO. Madam Speaker, the New Orleans Saints are having a historic 
season. This success has benefited our city tremendously. And with 
their first playoff game kicking off this Saturday, I wanted to give 
constituents a chance to honor them. Today's statement is from Jewelyn 
Wellborn.
  Jewelyn writes: ``The reason we are proud of the Saints, the reason 
we rally behind them, has less to do with the scoreboard and more to do 
with the heart, soul, and fire of the city. Your average New Orleanian 
is characterized by different concepts that seem so opposite of one 
another. There are those who have always called New Orleans home and 
some who came for only a few years and fell in love.
  ``Watching the Saints helps us escape from rebuilding, yet reminds us 
of why we came home. The Saints are an exact reflection of us, our 
city, our home, and that's why the Saints are my home team.''

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