[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23319]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                              THE BIG BITE

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, as a former athlete, I thought I saw it 
all. Great celebrations after grand slams and Hail Marys. But this time 
it has gone too far.
  News reports say after a game-winning goal at a soccer match in 
Spain, a player celebrated his teammate who scored by biting him on the 
genitals.
  Beam me up.
  Now I have heard of high fives, back slaps, butt slaps, but this 
takes the family jewels.
  The team says the player is doing fine, but I suspect he will speak 
from here on in like a soprano. This is going a little too far. I yield 
back what has now become known as ``The Big Bite.''

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