[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14374]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



       REPUBLICANS TRIUMPH IN ANNUAL CONGRESSIONAL BASEBALL GAME

  (Mr. OXLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. OXLEY. Mr. Speaker, I proudly hold the Roll Call Trophy 
signifying the Republican victory last evening, 17-1, over the Donkeys. 
We are very proud of this and our team. We want to thank Martin Sabo, 
the manager of the Democrats, and all of the participants in this game. 
The real winner, of course, was charity. We raised over $100,000 for 
three charities, and we are quite proud of that. That is almost twice 
as much money as we have ever raised in this game, and we have raised 
that game to a new level.
  I want to congratulate MVP Zach Wamp, who hit an inside-the-park home 
run and was sterling in the field and Steve Largent, who pitched 
another brilliant game, not walking one batter and has only given up 
two runs in 14 innings, two runs in two games, against the Democrats, 
this time even with a little bit of a sore arm. We are very pleased 
with this. We will have this over on our side of the aisle, Mr. 
Majority Leader, for everyone to see. Thanks again to all the sponsors 
and people who participated. This was a wonderful event. It just gets 
better and better every year.
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. OXLEY. I yield to the gentleman from Maryland.
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I feel constrained to respond in light of the 
fact that our manager is not here. When you lose 17-1, not showing up 
is probably the best advice. But I want to say to my brother Oxley, he 
and I are fraternity brothers and good friends. He is the manager of 
the Republican team. This was his first year as the manager. I hope it 
is not a preface of what is to come, because if it is, we on this side 
of the aisle are in a lot of trouble. But it was a good time. We played 
at one of the beautiful stadiums in America, in Bowie, Maryland, in my 
district.
  On behalf of the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Sabo), our manager and 
all the players on both sides, I want to congratulate all of those who 
were responsible for raising over $100,000. That is the purpose of the 
game, to raise dollars for young people, for organizations in the city 
and in this community, to enhance the lives of children.
  And some very old people feeling much older today than they felt the 
day before played last night so that much younger people, probably much 
better athletes, will have opportunities that they might not otherwise 
have.
  I want to congratulate both Manager Oxley and Manager Sabo for their 
leadership.

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