[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 22201]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     CONGRESSIONAL BASKETBALL GAME

  (Mr. QUINN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. QUINN. Mr. Speaker, I am here to report on our fifth annual 
Congressional basketball game last night, a hard fought contest against 
the American League of Lobbyists. I am happy to report that the Members 
in the House were winners for the third time in a row. We have won four 
out of five games. The score was 49 to 48 in overtime.
  Mr. Speaker, some would call these lobbyists enlightened to allow a 
win in overtime by one point by the Members of the House. However, Mr. 
Speaker, I want to report that the game last night broke all records 
and raised over $40,000 for Horton's Kids, bringing the grand total to 
over $120,000 over the 5 years of the tournament.
  I want to thank the American League of Lobbyists and Mr. Paul Miller, 
who put an awful lot of time into the event, George Washington 
University for our use of their facilities. Our Congressional pages 
attended last evening as well. I want to thank all the Members who 
might be a little bit sore getting to the floor this morning, but thank 
them for their efforts for a great cause.

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