[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7833]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                     THE FIGHTING TIGERS OF MIZZOU

  (Mr. LUETKEMEYER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Speaker, if you listen very closely, very 
closely, you can hear it. It's the sound of Tigers roaring from their 
den at the University of Missouri-Columbia, deep in the heart of the 
Ninth Congressional District.
  For those of you who haven't heard, the Fighting Tigers of Mizzou 
were unleashed upon their unsuspecting Big 12 prey and earned MU's 
first league championship in 16 years and first Big 12 Basketball 
Championship this past weekend.
  I want to congratulate Coach Anderson and the 2009 Missouri Tigers 
for a regular season to remember. I also want to recognize the best 
defense in the country for offering their opponents ``40 Minutes of 
Hell.''
  But these Tigers are still hungry. And as the No. 3 seed in the West 
Regional, they are seeking new prey, beginning with Cornell this 
Friday. Mr. Speaker, I'm not a betting man, but something tells me that 
the Tigers will roar when they hit the floor, knocking down that 
national championship door. Go Tigers.

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