[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 4166]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         AN ENJOYABLE DIVERSION

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, no matter what work or occupation one has, 
it is always good to have a diversion away from their duties of the 
day.
  I am very careful about never speaking for the Republican leader, but 
I will make an exception today and talk a little bit about my friend 
the Republican leader.
  We both find a diversion during baseball season. We can leave here--
it really doesn't matter what time; usually the games are at night--and 
we can watch the Nationals play baseball. The Republican leader and I 
have talked about this often--how much we enjoy the games--and we have 
enjoyed the games much more since this young man from Las Vegas, Bryce 
Harper, is on the baseball team, the Washington Nationals. He comes 
from a great family, a working family. His father was an ironworker. 
They are a close family.
  Prior to the Nationals even having a team here--I have been here a 
long time--I followed the Orioles, and just as a side note, I should 
mention how happy I am for Peter Angelos, the owner, that fine man, 
that his team is doing so well this year. They are 7 and 0.
  So Senator McConnell and I enjoy baseball season. It gives us an 
opportunity to focus on things other than what is going on in the 
Senate.

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