[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 27285]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



   THE BRONX AND NEW YORK CITY ARE VERY PROUD OF THE NEW YORK YANKEES

  (Mr. ENGEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I am going to put on this hat, although it is 
not the traditional blue and white.


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Shaw). I would have to interrupt the 
gentleman. The House rules prohibit the wearing of hats.
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I will not put on the hat, I will just hold 
the hat. Even though it is not the traditional blue and white Yankee 
colors, these are some of the fancy hats they sell on 161st Street in 
the Bronx outside Yankee Stadium.
  I speak then on behalf of myself and my colleague, the gentleman from 
New York (Mr. Serrano). We are both from the Bronx. We always joke, the 
Yankee Stadium is in his district, and some of the parking lots outside 
of Yankee Stadium are in my district; when the Yankees hit a home run 
out of the park, the ball lands in my district.
  I was born in the Bronx, lived in the Bronx, was raised in the Bronx, 
grew up within walking distance of Yankee Stadium. Today the Bronx is 
really proud of the Bronx Bombers, of the New York Yankees, who once 
again are the world champions in baseball. They are truly the team of 
the nineties, the dynasty of the nineties.
  As we enter the new millenium, the Yankees are the world champions. 
The Bronx is very, very proud of the Yankees, and indeed, all of New 
York City is very, very proud of the Yankees. We look forward to a 
great ticker tape parade up Broadway with the Yankees. We look forward 
to continued successes in the future.
  Go, Yankees. They have made us all proud: Joe Torre, George 
Steinbrenner and all the Yankees. New York, New York.

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