[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2419]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       FIRST COLONY LITTLE LEAGUE

  (Mr. OLSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, last Saturday, in the early afternoon, two 
beautiful words rang out: play ball.
  The 2016 First Colony Little League season had begun. All the players 
are special, but one group stands out. It is called the Dream League.
  This is season 9 for the Dream League. 100-plus more players with 
physical and intellectual challenges played baseball. Each player has 
at least one volunteer helping them, like Angel in the outfield in this 
picture to my left.
  This picture is what the Dream League is all about, a big ear-to-ear 
smile for everyone involved. Our Dream League team played in the World 
Series for Little League in 2015.
  America, if you want to see what makes our country so great, come to 
Sugar Land, Texas. Watch a Dream League game. See kids who are special 
because of what they can do and not because of what they cannot do.
  Batter up.

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