House Proceeding 01-13-09 on Jan 13th, 2009 :: 0:07:35 to 0:12:50
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Silvestre Reyes: each. mr. reyes. mr. poe. mr. reyes of texas is recognized first for five minutes. mr. rahall: i rise today to -- re mr. reyes: i rise today to

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Speech By: Silvestre Reyes

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Silvestre Reyes: recognize the 75 of anniversary of the sun bowl, a proud tradition in college football that has been hosted in my district of el paso, texas. the symbol is the second oldest bowl game in the united states and major national attention that brings together thousands of college football fans each

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Silvestre Reyes: year to watch big 10 and big east conferences. as we celebrated the 75th anniversary of the sun bowl, i wanted to recognize the sun bowl association, the sponsors and all of the fans from el paso and throughout the nation who have made this annual event a tremendous success. in particular, i would like to acknowledge the executive

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Silvestre Reyes: director of the sun bowl association, c.e.o. of helena of troy for sponsoring this great event and frank baits and current incoming and past presidents of the sun bowl association board of directors. at its humble beginnings the sun bowl was put together as a

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Silvestre Reyes: fundraiser by the ki juan is club and originated as a small high school matchup and grew into a televised bowl game. as you can see from the first picture, this captured some of the flavor of the history in el paso that was known then as the sun bowl city.

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Silvestre Reyes: the first game featured the el paso high school all-stars and the ranger high school bulldogs and played at the el paso high school stadium where the teams came from behind victory of 25-21 overall bulldogs. the sun bowl association was formed immediately after that

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Silvestre Reyes: successful first game and a coalition of local el paso area service clubs, including, rotary, lions and 2030 club coordinated events around the bowl game every year. after gatheringinput, the event was named the sun bowl and the first game was played in 1936. this game was a match between

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Silvestre Reyes: new mexico a and m and hart and simmons college and the sun bowl has grown from there. in its inception, it was played at the 15,000-seat kidd field in 1938 on the campus of what is now the university of texas at el paso. the game was moved again in

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Silvestre Reyes: 1963 to our new 30,000-seat sun bowl stadium. in 1982, the sun bowl game took place in the newly expanded sun bowl stadium with a seating capacity of over 50,000 people. this is the picture of our sun bowl stadium. last month, over 49,000 fans attended the 75th annual sun

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Silvestre Reyes: bowl to watch the oregon state beavers defeat the pittsburgh panthers to become this year's sun bowl champion. the television network cbs has been broadcast ink the sun bowl since 1968 making it the longest continuous broadcast of a post-season football games. the sales at this year's game also has made history, not so

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Silvestre Reyes: much by the attendance but for being the largest crowd according to the guiness book of world back of world records to dance "ymca." you have a picture of part of the crowd that captures the energy and excitement of the 75th sun bowl on that day.

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Silvestre Reyes: to commemorate the 75th anniversary, the sun bowl association added two more names to its legends of the sun bowl list. the legend include coaches, players, broadcasters and long time volunteers of the sun bowl. this year's recipient was priest holmes from the

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Silvestre Reyes: university of texas and craig silver, a cbs sports commentator tr from 1983 to 2005. among others are the late pat tillman, pat summerall and tony dorsett seen here in the final

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Silvestre Reyes: picture showing him in action in the sun bowl stadium. along with my remarks, i would like to submit a copy of the names of the previous legends of the sun bowl for inclusion in the record. mr. speaker, i am proud to highlight this special event in el paso, one that is very important and very much part of

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Silvestre Reyes: the city's history and foklore. it is a wonderful opportunity to showcase the "national geographic" beauty that make our community very special. the success of the sun bowl is a testament of the hard work of the sun bowl association and the community sponsors and partners. and i look forward to many more successful years of this

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Silvestre Reyes: wonderful tradition.