[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 24025]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPION HOUSTON ASTROS

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the Houston Astros gave the 
State of Texas and the city of Houston one heck of a good ride. I just 
want to hold a little red card in my hand for lack of anything red this 
afternoon to be able to thank the Astros family, Drayton McLane, all of 
the players, the management, all the staff at Minute Maid Park, to be 
able to say a big thank you for a long, tedious season, but a hard-
fought season. My hat is off.
  Congratulations to the Chicago White Sox. But our little team of 42 
years for the first time in the history of the State of Texas took 
Texas to the World Series. Not only did we take Texas to the World 
Series, but being in my congressional district, the Minute Maid Park, 
the Astros are my constituents, among many others. We gave our 
community just a heck of a lot of joy, as you heard the buzz going 
around the children, the young people, the elderly, season ticket 
holders and others. I cannot thank the Astros enough.
  We still believe. We may not have made it this time around, but we 
still believe in the Houston Astros.

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