[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16358]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     OPENING VICTORY FOR THE HOUSTON TEXANS OVER THE DALLAS COWBOYS

  (Mr. GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I intend to share my 1 minute with 
my colleague, the gentlewoman from Houston, Texas (Ms. Jackson-Lee).
  Mr. Speaker, it has been a difficult year for Houston, between floods 
and Enron and reduced energy production, but last night I watched a 
community come together. Last night, the National Football League came 
back to Houston after more than 5 years of being gone, and we watched 
the Houston Texans, a new expansion team, take on our cross-State 
rivals, the Dallas Cowboys, on prime time Sunday night at the Texas 
Super Bowl.
  I watched as a team that was not expected to win literally won 
convincingly. It had not happened in 41 years that an expansion team 
won their first regular season game. I want to congratulate the Houston 
Texans and Bob McNair for their effort, and they played like veterans.
  To quote Willy Nelson, ``Momma, don't let your babies grow up to be 
cowboys,'' and with the Houston Texans, the pro football team, we now 
have a new sheriff in town.
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. GREEN of Texas. I yield to the gentlewoman from Texas.
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for 
yielding.
  Are the Members ready for football? They never believed we can do it; 
yes, we can. We have the Houston spirit. That spirit is that we won as 
an expansion team, the first time since 1961: Houston Texans 19, Dallas 
Cowboys simply 10.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman from Texas (Mr. 
Green) has expired.
  Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to have an 
additional 30 seconds.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Texas?
  There was no objection.
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. GREEN of Texas. I yield to the gentlewoman from Texas.
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Let me say, Mr. Speaker, the hometown boy, 
Clay Johnson, sang the catchy theme song and the Rocking Reliant 
stadium stood tall behind our Houston Texans.
  I, too, would like to thank Bob McNair, the community, and all the 
fans that were out there, because we have ourselves a number one team, 
which is first in line, first in team, and first in scoring: The 
Houston Texans 19, the Dallas Cowboys 10. Victory for us yesterday.

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