[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 2862]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          RECOGNIZING U.S. SPEED SKATING CHAMPION, JOEY CHEEK

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                           HON. FRANK R. WOLF

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, March 7, 2006

  Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, it is an honor for me to recognize U.S. speed 
skating champion, Joey Cheek, who won Olympic gold on February 13 in 
the men's 500-meter speed skating event at the winter games in Torino, 
Italy. Mr. Cheek decided to donate $25,000 in prize money to ``Right to 
Play,'' an organization that will use the money to benefit refugees 
from the Darfur region of western Sudan by using sports to advance 
development, health, and peace.
  Not only is Mr. Cheek an incredibly gifted athlete, he has shown 
tremendous generosity using his own glory to shed light on the 
atrocities being carried out by the Government of Sudan against its own 
people. As co-chair of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus and having 
traveled to Sudan five times, I have no doubt that Mr. Cheek's donation 
will make a difference in the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Darfur.
  I insert for the Record a State Department news release from February 
16. I ask that my colleagues join me in recognizing Joey Cheek for his 
remarkable accomplishments, on and off the ice.

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