[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Pages 967-968]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



    CONGRATULATING THE BALTIMORE RAVENS FOR WINNING SUPER BOWL XXXV

  Mr. SESSIONS. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the 
immediate consideration of S. Res. 15, submitted earlier today by 
Senators Sarbanes and Mikulski.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 15) congratulating the Baltimore 
     Ravens for winning Super Bowl XXXV.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Ms. MIKULSKI. I stand to honor the Baltimore Ravens who soared over 
the Super Bowl winning 34-7.
  I also want to honor the city of Baltimore. Baltimore has often been 
overlooked and under valued.
  Baltimore is the comeback city: the crime rate is dropping; test 
scores are rising; we are building a digital harbor; and now we are the 
Super Bowl champs for the first time since 1971.
  We want the world to get to know Baltimore as a dynamic city, a city 
of communities--that's unified around our values, our patriotism, and 
our Ravens, a city with a great football heritage--and a great football 
future.
  I congratulate the Baltimore fans, loyal and with high energy. They 
spent 11 years without any team at all after our Colts snuck out of 
town. We now have the Ravens--and we're the Super Bowl champs. We 
deserved this win.
  I congratulate owner Art Modell, who won his first Super Bowl in 40 
years of owning the team; head coach Brian Bilick, who won after only 2 
years as a head coach; Ray Lewis, named most valuable player; the 
Ravens defense, one of the best defensive teams ever, making records 
and Super Bowl history, allowing just 165 points in the 16-game regular 
season, and had caught four interceptions during the Super Bowl.
  The Ravens' offense and special teams scored big. Quarterback, Trent 
Dilfer threw the first touchdown pass of the game and had no 
interceptions; Brandon Stokely caught a 38-yard touchdown pass; 
Jermaine Lewis, a Maryland native and former Maryland Terrapin, 
returned an 84-yard kick-off to put the game out of reach.
  The resolution we are passing today commends the loyalty, community 
spirit and enthusiasm of the Baltimore fans, applauds the Baltimore 
Ravens for their high standards of character, perseverance, 
professionalism, excellence and teamwork, praises the Ravens for their 
community service, congratulates the Ravens and the New York Giants for 
a hard-fought, sportsmanlike Super Bowl, congratulates the Ravens and 
their fans for the Super Bowl victory, and recognizes the

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achievements of the players, coaches and support staff who made this 
win possible.
  We have been celebrating since Sunday night.
  Today we had a parade through Baltimore.
  We gave the Ravens the key to our city; they already have the key to 
our hearts.
  I just watched as our colleagues from New York made good on their bet 
and recited Edgar Allen Poe's ``The Raven.''
  We want our colleagues to share in our excitement for our Ravens and 
for our city.
  Mr. SESSIONS. I ask unanimous consent that the resolution and 
preamble be agreed to en bloc, the motion to reconsider be laid upon 
the table, and that any statements relating to the bill be printed in 
the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 15) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  (The resolution is located in today's Record under ``Senate 
Resolutions.'')

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