[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15622]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                     MOHAMMED ALI, POETRY IN MOTION

  (Ms. CARSON of Indiana asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. CARSON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, if anyone defined poetry in 
motion, it was Mohammed Ali. During his 25-year career in the boxing 
ring from 1960 to 1981, Ali danced, bobbed and rope-a-doped into most 
of his opponents with early-round knockouts. It was a beautiful sight 
to behold. Mohammed Ali sits on anyone's short list of the greatest 
athletes and most dedicated humanitarians of the 20th century. In fact, 
Time Magazine listed him as one of the top 20.
  Mr. Speaker, I urgently request that my colleagues join me in the 
bill that I have to award Mohammed Ali a Congressional Gold Medal.
  Mrs. CHRISTENSEN. Mr. Speaker, will the gentlewoman yield?
  Ms. CARSON of Indiana. I yield to the gentlewoman from the Virgin 
Islands.
  Mrs. CHRISTENSEN. Mr. Speaker, in the time that is remaining, let me 
say, let us keep the Ganske-Norwood-Dingell-Berry bill intact. The HMOs 
deserve no special privilege or protection. Let us protect the patients 
of America. Let us keep a strong, good Patients' Bill of Rights.

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