[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 8957]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          CONGRATULATIONS TO UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HUSKIES

  (Mr. LARSON of Connecticut asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, I rise in celebration of 
women's basketball and to specifically congratulate the national 
champion University of Connecticut Huskies for the outstanding job they 
did last night in defeating the University of Tennessee, an equally 
great program. This victory underscores the importance of title IX and 
what it means to women's sports. And on the way, the University of 
Connecticut has distinguished itself. Coaches Auriemma and Dailey, 
athletic director Perkins, and the entire program along with the Lady 
Huskies deserve our admiration for the inspiration that they have 
provided each and every one of us. They make us so proud in the State 
of Connecticut.
  And by the way, I am happy to collect my wager from the gentleman 
from Tennessee (Mr. Ford), a soon-to-be someday President of the United 
States who I will be able to say at some point lost his wager on 
Tennessee and had to pay up because of the University of Connecticut.

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