[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10329]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      ANNOUNCING SECOND ANNUAL CONGRESSIONAL WOMEN'S SOFTBALL GAME

  (Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the bipartisan Women 
Members of Congress softball team, we want to once again extend an 
invitation to all Members, staff, and anyone listening to attend the 
second annual congressional women's softball game, which will occur 
next Wednesday night at 7 p.m. at Guy Mason Field, once again 
benefiting the Young Survival Coalition, which is a young women's 
breast cancer organization.
  We really thank all of the Members and staff who came out last year. 
Over 400 people attended. We raised $50,000 for the Young Survival 
Coalition. And this year, captained by myself and my colleague from 
Missouri, Jo Ann Emerson, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and Lisa 
Murkowski, the team members are Donna Edwards, Grace Napolitano, Jean 
Schmidt, Laura Richardson, Betsy Markey, Betty Sutton, Linda Sanchez, 
Susan Davis, Kathy Dahlkemper, Shelley Moore Capito, Debbie Halvorson, 
Senator Kay Hagan, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Kathy Castor, Senator Jeanne 
Shaheen, and Nydia Velazquez. 
  With that, I yield to my good friend from the State of Missouri.
  Mrs. EMERSON. Thank you all for listening. I thought I would fill in 
a little more about the details of our softball game next week.
  Our coaches are Ed Perlmutter, Joe Baca, Sandy Levin, and Joe 
Donnelly. 
  The team we are playing this year are the women members of the 
Congressional Press Corps, led by Dana Bash of CNN, Susan Milligan and 
Shailagh Murray of the Washington Post. Andrea Mitchell of MSNBC and 
Susan Mulligan of the Boston Globe will be the official announcers of 
the game. Michelle Fenty, the first lady of Washington, D.C., will 
throw out the honorary first pitch.
  The Silver Slugger sponsor is the Congressional Federal Credit Union. 
It costs nothing to come watch us, and I want you all to know how much 
better we are this year than we were last year, with excellent coaching 
and lots more practice.
  If you want to find out any more information about this very, very 
fun opportunity on June 16, go to www.facebook.com/
congressionalsoftball2010. We encourage all of you to come out and 
support us on both sides of the aisle. It helps energize us. We want 
you to know we're pretty good this year, and we're going to win.
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Speaker, before I yield back, we want to 
emphasize that this is a frustrating process at times, but the women of 
the Congress, both the House and the Senate, not only know how to have 
a good time, know how to play softball, but they know how to get along 
and suggest that our male colleagues could take a page from our book. 
We look forward to seeing you at the game.

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