[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9775-9776]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                         THE CONGRESSIONAL CUP

  (Mr. CRENSHAW asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. CRENSHAW. Mr. Speaker, I think most of the Members all know that, 
for the past 13 years, a competition takes place between the House 
Republicans and the House Democrats in a golf match known as the 
Congressional Cup.
  This year, the competition took place about 2 weeks ago, and I just 
wanted to announce to the Members of the House that the Republican 
team, by a score of 14-6, defeated the Democratic team, and the 
Congressional Cup will now stay in the possession of the Republicans 
for the third straight year.
  I also want to say, Mr. Speaker, that this event is used to raise 
money for an organization called The First Tee, which uses the game of 
golf to teach kids--a lot of kids from the inner city--about self-
esteem, about building character, about honesty, integrity, hard work, 
and dedication.
  This event, over the years, has raised over $2 million for The First 
Tee. The organization is operating in all 50 States. They have reached 
9 million kids over the last 10 years, and they have 17,000 volunteers 
that are involved.
  I just wanted to thank The First Tee, thank the sponsors, and thank 
the participants, and in particular, I want to

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thank my fellow teammates for their hard work and dedication for this 
stunning victory.
  Now, I would like to yield to the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. 
Yarmuth), the captain of the Democratic team.
  Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague and fellow captain for 
yielding.
  I want to congratulate the Republican team on their victory. It was 
well earned. It was a thumping. As Rahm Emanuel once said of the 2006 
election: we got thumped. Elections have consequences, and I hope that 
we can use this public embarrassment to shame some of my colleagues, 
who do play golf, into participating next year because we have some 
talent on the sidelines that we would like to get in the fray.
  The victory was well earned, and as my colleague said, the true 
winners are the children of America who benefit from this great 
program. There are more than 200 chapters of The First Tee around the 
country, so virtually every Member has a First Tee chapter in their 
district.
  I hope that they will continue to support The First Tee program for 
the values it instills in our young people.
  With that, once again, congratulations to the Republican team.

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