[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 21299]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  WELCOME BACK TO THE CLEVELAND BROWNS

  (Mrs. JONES of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. JONES of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak about 
something close to my heart, the Cleveland Browns football team. As 
many of my colleagues may know, Sunday marked the beginning of a new 
season for us, an important one, a historic day in Cleveland because 
this is the first season, since the departure of the original Browns 
for Baltimore, Cleveland has its own NFL franchise.
  Though the result of the game was decidely not what the fans 
assembled were hoping for, seeing our Browns take the field in a 
regular season NFL contest was extremely satisfying. We were welcomed 
back to the Dawg Pound, the brown and orange colors of the Browns, and 
the familiar uniforms of the team. Just being able to host the game was 
exciting for those of us from Cleveland.
  Hats off to Al Lerner, the owner, and Carmen Policy, its manager. 
Thank you. Cleveland Browns, we are going to win the rest of the 
season.

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