[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H8272]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        CONGRESSIONAL RYDER CUP

  (Mr. ALLEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to talk about one of the great 
competitions here in our sports and bipartisan competitions in the 
House.
  Mr. Speaker, today I rise to talk about the outcome of this year's 
Congressional Ryder Cup, which is a match between the Republican Ryder 
Cup team and the Democratic Ryder Cup teams.
  I have had the privilege to captain the Republican Ryder Cup team for 
the past four competitions. The Ryder Cup--what we do is we raise money 
for charities that benefit the game of golf, obviously, First Tee and 
the National Links Trust, and we have raised over $2 million in this 
effort.
  This year, I am pleased to announce that the Republican team was 
victorious. We celebrate that, our team here; I thank my team.
  But I want to take this moment to talk about the captain of the 
Democratic team. He is the best player in the United States Congress, 
Number 1. All my best players want to take this guy on because if you 
beat   John Yarmuth, you have done something, okay? But he is one of 
the finest players in the game.
  Of course, John came to Congress in 2007, and when he hit here, he 
became captain of the Democratic Ryder Cup team. And I say to the 
gentleman, I think y'all won four in a row immediately. But the 
gentleman is retiring this year. I thank him for his sportsmanship, his 
leadership on this competition, and his dedication to the game that we 
all love. Let's give John a round.
  But it has been a true honor to compete with the gentleman as 
captain. It was a great competition this year. It is great to see 
Members of Congress actually come together and compete and talk to each 
other and enjoy the day. It was a great day for both teams.
  I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. Yarmuth).
  Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding; and I 
do mean the gentleman. It has been an honor over these last 16 years to 
participate in this event.
  My record as a captain after the first 4 years was not very good; 
and, actually, John Tanner was the captain for some of those years.
  But the gentleman from Georgia is absolutely right. It is an 
incredible retreat from what we do around here, to get out on the golf 
course; to play in friendly competition in a game known for its 
courtesies; and to have met so many fine Republicans and made so many 
fine Republican friends over the years and, in the course of doing 
that, for raising an awful lot of money for good causes.
  So once again, I thank the gentleman for his kind words. I hope that 
I can come back as captain emeritus; or maybe even let the former 
Members play, and then I will be back for that, as well.
  Mr. ALLEN. We think we are going to change the rules and let former 
Members come back and play. I think that would be appropriate.
  But anyway, let's give John a big round of applause.
  Mr. YARMUTH. Of course, congratulations to the victors. It is getting 
old. I had that trophy for a little while. I haven't seen it in quite 
some time.
  Mr. ALLEN. Well, it is election time. You need to recruit golfers. 
That is what I do. I say, who are the golfers here on the campaign 
trail?

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