[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 78 (Friday, May 10, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H3686]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          TEXAS COWBOY REUNION

  (Mr. ARRINGTON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ARRINGTON. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Texas 
Cowboy Reunion, which was recently inducted into the Texas Rodeo Cowboy 
Hall of Fame.
  Located in the small west Texas town of Stamford, the Texas Cowboy 
Reunion has been preserving the heritage of the American cowboy and the 
West for almost 90 years.
  Madam Speaker, Texans have always been a resilient people, and what 
started as a way for Stamford to lift the spirit of its citizens from 
the depths of the Great Depression has developed into what is known as 
the world's largest amateur rodeo. To this day, it continues to attract 
people from all over to honor the pioneers of the past, through barrel 
racing, calf roping, and other timeless cowboy traditions.
  Every year, on the Fourth of July, my family and I look forward to 
taking in the rodeo festivities and just being back home with friends 
and my fellow west Texans.
  So congratulations to Matt Mueller and everyone at the Texas Cowboy 
Reunion on this well-deserved recognition. I will see them all in July.
  God bless, and go west Texas.

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