[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 20]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                    TRIBUTE TO THE NEW YORK YANKEES

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                          HON. JOSE E. SERRANO

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 9, 1999

  Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute and to 
congratulate the Team of the Decade and the sports franchise of the 
century, the Yankees.
  Mr. Speaker, for the 25th time in their glorious history, the New 
York Yankees are the World Champions. On Wednesday, October 27, the 
Bombers proved once again why they are the most successful franchise in 
the history of sports. As the Representative from the 16th 
Congressional District in the Bronx, home of the Yankees, I 
congratulate George Steinbrenner, Manager Joe Torre, and the whole 
Yankee team on a job well done.
  Mr. Speaker, the Yankees overcame a lot of personal hardship to reach 
their collective goal. They played as a team and they won as a team. 
Today the Bronx is celebrating, New York is celebrating, and all across 
our country Americans realize that the best baseball is still being 
played in the Bronx.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in paying tribute to and 
congratulating the Team of the Decade and the sports franchise of the 
century, the New York Yankees. Go Yankees.

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