[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 24239]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   CONGRATULATING THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX ON THEIR WORLD SERIES VICTORY

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentlewoman from Illinois (Mrs. Biggert) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mrs. BIGGERT. Mr. Speaker, after 88 years of anguish and torment, 
baseball fans in the Chicagoland area can breathe a sigh of relief. 
This past Wednesday the Chicago White Sox clinched their first World 
Series championship since 1917. Led by their always colorful manager, 
Ozzie Guillen, the team got off to a fantastic start this season. 
However, in true Chicago baseball fashion, they found themselves in a 
rough stretch during the latter part of the season, and many doubted 
their potential. But in the end it was the camaraderie and teamwork 
throughout the whole season that led this team to victory.
  As a lifelong Chicagoan born on the south side and raised on the 
north side, I want to offer my congratulations to the White Sox 
organization and White Sox fans everywhere.
  Mr. Speaker, if the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago White Sox can make 
it happen after nearly nine decades, perhaps 2006 will prove to be a 
victorious year for yet another baseball team with a legendary drought, 
the Chicago Cubs. Here's hoping.

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