[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 100 (Friday, June 15, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H5223]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    THE CONGRESSIONAL BASEBALL GAME

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I would like to just highlight an amazing 
thing we saw last night at the Congressional Baseball Game: the power 
of prayer and perseverance. Exactly 1 year after that horrific shooting 
out in Virginia, we saw our Officers Griner and Bailey as well as our 
friend here on the floor, our whip,  Steve Scalise, take the field, as 
well as Mr. Scalise taking second base escorted out by our colleagues, 
Mr. Richmond and Mr. Wenstrup.
  It was amazing to see that happen. Again, it is the power of prayer 
and perseverance with him taking the base and taking his position on 
the field.
  You couldn't write it better in a Hollywood script, in that the first 
ball hit in the infield went right to Steve. He fielded it and threw 
the runner out at first base.
  What an amazing thing, and what an inspiration for all of us.
  God bless you, Steve, as well as the officers who were hurt on the 
field that day. A year later here we are seeing great things happen in 
a bipartisan way, a nonpartisan way, and a miraculous way.

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