[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16958]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                               MANTI TE'O

  (Ms. HANABUSA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. HANABUSA. Mr. Speaker, much of Hawaii was waiting this past 
Saturday for word of whether one of our own, Manti Te'o, would win the 
Heisman trophy. It would have been a first for Hawaii. Manti shares 
Punahou, the same high school alma mater as President Obama, and his 
story is compelling.
  Manti is someone who has trained so hard with his parents solidly by 
his side to play football well. You should hear the stories by his 
father. He plays the game for the sense of camaraderie and the building 
of friendships. He is not only gifted, but a very humble young man. But 
many may not know that he may not have played his senior year because 
he lost his girlfriend and grandmother within 4 days of each other. He 
did play because he promised his girlfriend that he would.
  Manti, you have made many of us all proud, especially those of us 
from Hawaii. And to you and your teammates from Hawaii, Robby Toma and 
Kona Schwenke, we say, go fighting Irish! Mahalo and aloha.

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