[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 18759]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       CAPITOL HILL FLAG FOOTBALL

  (Mr. RENZI asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. RENZI. Mr. Speaker, last night on the gridiron of Gallaudet 
University, Republicans and Democrats came together in a bipartisan 
fashion to take on the Capitol Police professional flag football team. 
And while we are but a ragtag group of amateur players taking on 
professional athletes, in the end we had them right where we wanted, 
and if it wasn't for the clock running out, we would have had that big 
comeback and overcome that score of 35-7.
  I want to thank the police officers who guard us and care for us, who 
have given their lives for us. I want to thank our sponsors. We have 
found in Washington that if you go to sponsors and tell them they can 
watch Congressmen get knocked over, you can raise money for police 
officers and their families.
  I want to thank Coach Tom Osborne. He may be Nebraska's son and a 
Hall of Fame coach, but he is our sandlot coach, and we needed him. He 
helped us raise $80,000 in two games for the families.
  Thank you all to the players and the staffs that put this together. 
We are going to do it again next year. We are not going to go easy on 
them. Thank you, everybody. I appreciate it.

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