[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11267]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           WESTERN NEW YORKERS COMPETING IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES

  (Ms. HOCHUL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. HOCHUL. Madam Speaker, 2 weeks from tomorrow Olympic athletes 
from all over this world will parade into the stadium in London to 
officially launch the 2012 Olympics.
  I am so proud to say that five of them will be western New Yorkers 
that we represent in upstate New York. These include archer Jake 
Kaminski from Elma; the current number one ranked women's pole vaulter, 
Jenn Suhr of Churchville; volleyball player Matt Anderson, born in 
Buffalo; swimmer Ryan Lochte, born in Rochester; and two time U.S. 
Soccer Female Athlete of the Year, Abby Wambach of Rochester.
  Throughout their lifetimes of training, hard work, and sacrifices, 
these athletes embody what it means to be an American, and they carry 
with them to London the pride of western New York and the entire 
Nation.
  As we wish them and the entire team good luck, my wish is that that 
sense of common purpose that joins all of us as Americans during that 
Olympic period will join us on this floor of Congress as we seek to 
form a more perfect Union.

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