[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11384]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              RECOGNITION OF THE U.S. WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM

  (Ms. HOCHUL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. HOCHUL. Mr. Speaker, while we are preoccupied with the weighty 
issues of the day, we also need to take a moment to acknowledge what is 
also good.
  Today I'd like to recognize an exceptionally strong and inspiring 
group of women, the United States women's soccer team. Despite fierce 
competition, these women overcame insurmountable odds and made it 
through five rounds of play, doing us all proud.
  What is most exciting to me is that two of our strongest players hail 
from western New York: Abby Wambach, born and raised in Rochester; and 
Alex Morgan, who currently plays for the Western New York Flash. These 
two women gave the United States our goals, proving to be tremendous 
athletes that deserve our recognition. So thanks to Abby and Alex and 
the entire team for making all western New Yorkers and America proud. 
And I would like to note that they work together as a team on behalf of 
America.
  I think there are some lessons that we should take from these 
inspiring women, and I'd be very proud to welcome them to our Capitol 
and give them a tour of this distinguished body.

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