[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9094]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         CONGRESSIONAL SHOOTOUT

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the gentleman from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Ryan) is recognized for 1 minute.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to talk about the 
event conducted by the bipartisan Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus 
yesterday.
  Mr. Speaker, last year the Democrats won the Congressional Shootout, 
the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus trophy, between sporting clays, 
trap and skeet, and the Democrats thought that there was a realignment 
occurring in Congress, in America. They thought they were on a good run 
for a long time.
  Mr. Speaker, it is my privilege to say this year that the Republicans 
reclaimed the trophy and won the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus 
Shootout this year. The realignment was very short-lived.
  In particular, Mr. Speaker, I would like to, on behalf of my co-
chairman Mr. Kind from Wisconsin; the vice chairmen, Mr. Pearce from 
New Mexico and Mr. Boren from Oklahoma, I would like to give particular 
note to the people who really shot straight yesterday.
  Top gun: Congressman  Hayes only dropped a few clays all day.
  Top Republican: Congressman John Kline, Minnesota.
  Top Democrat: Congressman Bennie Thompson.
  Top Sporting Clays: Congressman Mike Ross.
  Top Trap: Congressman Don Young.
  And Top Skeet: Mike Thompson.
  All together, a good bipartisan effort, but more to the point, the 
Republicans reclaimed the trophy and reversed the realignment.

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