[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12538]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             RESULTS OF 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, I rise to share some news with 
the Members of the House.
  Members of the House, we thought it only right to continue our 
efforts to have the women show up the men. Our bipartisan congressional 
women's softball team had another amazingly successful softball game to 
raise money for the Young Survival Coalition. It was our second annual 
game.
  In the last 2 years, we have raised more than $80,000 for the Young 
Survival Coalition. We think that is not bad for 49 years of a 
congressional baseball game and 2 years of a congressional women's 
softball game to do pretty well in that time.
  This year we got smart and decided to play women that were maybe a 
little less athletic and a little older than the team we played last 
year, and we played the Capitol female press corps. We were doing great 
until the sixth inning. Then a couple of us got a little tired, and we 
had a couple of ringers that we were concerned the press brought in. 
But, in fairness, they did a fantastic job, even though we lost 13-7.
  Congratulations to the press team. The press team did a fantastic 
job. They were devoted and dedicated and worked hard.
  I yield to my colleague.
  Mrs. EMERSON. We look forward to challenging them again next year. 
However, I think that we have to make a rule that no interns get to 
play, because they were quite a bit younger than us, in spite of the 
fact we thought we would have a level playing field.
  Nonetheless, the important thing is, number one, we worked together 
as a team. We proved that we could totally do something that was 
nonpolitical and that brought us all together. We bonded, and I think 
it makes for very important friendships in this place.
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. We won for five innings.
  Mrs. EMERSON. I will say that next year our practices will begin even 
earlier.
  We want to also thank our coaches here in the House, Ed Perlmutter, 
Joe Donnelly, Joe Baca, Kevin Brady and Sandy Levin. Thank you all very 
much for helping. Most importantly, thank you to the Speaker and the 
Minority Leader and everyone else for being there for us.
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. We will see you at the third annual 
congressional women's softball game next year.

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