[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10517]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               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, I rise with many of the women of 
the House, both Republican and Democrat--the members of the 
Congressional Women's Softball Team--to share with our colleagues that, 
last night, at the Sixth Annual Congressional Women's Softball Game, 
the Members beat the press and took back the trophy.
  Now, unbelievably, the press seems to be absent. They want to cover 
us on everything else, but they seem to be absent in observing these 
proceedings. We are so proud to report to you that we didn't just beat 
them, but we beat them badly--10-5.
  We were able to raise the most that we have ever raised for the Young 
Survival Coalition. In total, over the last 6 years, we have raised 
just over $500,000 for the Young Survival Coalition, which helps raise 
awareness and takes care of young women who are facing breast cancer. I 
know all of you know by now that I am a breast cancer survivor myself. 
I was diagnosed at 41, and so this is so personal for me.
  I want to thank all of my teammates who have become my sisters and 
friends. The best thing about this game, besides that we were able to 
raise awareness for young women all across this country, are the 
friendships that we all formed and that many of us know would not ever 
have been made without our playing together on this team. It was so 
much fun for such a good cause.
  Actually, what we would like to do before I turn it over to my 
cocaptain, Mrs. Moore Capito, is we would like to ask Coach Nat to come 
join us at the front because she never gets the recognition that she 
deserves. We love her so much. Natalie gave us such incredible skill-
building drills this year that it really made a difference. Our bats 
were hot, and our fielding was great. We had very few errors, and we 
jelled as a team.
  If I can just say one thing before I turn it over to Mrs. Moore 
Capito, it is that we are really so proud of the fact that this is a 
bipartisan team, and, hopefully, we set an example for how it really is 
possible to set aside politics and work together. We are very proud of 
being able to do that. Many of us work together in the Chamber now that 
we have played together on the field, so we hope that we can continue 
to set an example and make sure that we can, as much as possible, put 
aside politics so we can do things together for the country.
  With that, I yield to the gentlelady from West Virginia (Mrs. 
Capito), my cocaptain.
  Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my cocaptain, and I 
would like to thank the Members of the Senate who played with us as 
well. It was wonderful.
  You all will be happy to know that we did not exploit the youth and 
inexperience of the press too much, because we had several grandmothers 
on the team, and for the poor folks who aren't grandmothers, I felt a 
little sorry for them.
  I would like to call down our other coach, Mr. Ed Perlmutter, who 
helped us every morning when we got up.
  I would also like to give special recognition to two new members of 
the team this year--Katherine and Jaime. They did great.
  To our Members who did not play with us this year, they were dressed 
and cheering right by the sidelines, so thank you all for coming.
  Thanks to all of you who came out and supported us. Thanks to all of 
you for supporting such a great cause.
  Sorry we beat you--not really.
  We are on to next year because we do enjoy it. It is a labor of love 
because we are up early in the morning in the wind and in the rain. 
Thanks so much for all of the support that you give us.
  Thanks, everybody.

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