[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17977]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    LANCE ARMSTRONG: THE REAL McCOY

  (Mr. KASICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KASICH. Mr. Speaker, Sunday afternoon I took the time to sit and 
really celebrate vicariously, as much as it would be appropriate, as 
Lance Armstrong pedaled the final 2,300 miles into Paris. What an 
amazing story for a man who many had given up on. Given less than a 50-
50 chance to even survive the cancer that wracked his body, he had 
incredible steely determination, and he was able to not only overcome 
cancer, but also to prove so many of the sponsors who had given up on 
him wrong.
  As my colleagues know, this is a time in America when we are all in 
search of heroes, all in search of the real McCoy. As my colleagues 
know, I think Lance Armstrong is the real McCoy. When he crossed that 
victory stripe and he was interviewed by the network, he had not 
prepared some big braggadocio speech. In fact, it took him 2 or 3 
questions to finally get Lance Armstrong to say that with human beings 
many times we get a second chance, and the second chance may even be 
better and greater than the first chance.
  Lance Armstrong is humble, determined and an inspiration and should 
be a hero to everyone who lives not just in the boundaries of the 
United States but around the globe to adults, to our seniors, and to 
children alike.
  God bless you, Lance Armstrong, for your accomplishment.

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