House Proceeding on Jan 28th, 2008 :: 0:57:56 to 1:17:56
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Speech By: Jason Altmire

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Jason Altmire: the tigers embodied louisiana's fighting spirit. the entire state deserved to celebrate this title and begin to look forward to the 2008 season. mr. speaker, once again i congratulate the louisiana

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: state university tigers football team and i urge my colleagues to pass this resolution. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his

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Speech By: Charles W. Jr.Boustany

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: time. the gentleman from louisiana. mr. boustany: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i ti may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. boustany: mr. speaker, i rise

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: today in support of house resolution 933, commending the louisiana state university fighting tigers football team for winning the bowl championship series national title game. i'd like to first

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: thank my good friend, the dean of our louisiana delegation, richard baker, for sponsoring the resolution, as well as chairman miller and ranking member mckeon of the education and labor committee

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: for bringing it to the floor. on january 7, the l.s.u. tigers overcame an early first half deficit of 10-0 to defeat the ohio state buckeyes by a score of 38-24 in new orleans. this was the second

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: time the tigers have won a b.c.s. title in the louisiana superdome. the tigers were led by the game's offensive m.v.p., senior quarterback matt flynn, who threw four touchdown passes and defensive m.v.p.,

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: soft more defensive end, ricky france with a, who blocked a field goal, had six total tackles and half sack. this is the second year in a row that a southeastern conference team arguably the most

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: dominant conference in college football today has beaten ohio state to win the b.c.s. national title. since the birth of the bowl championship series in 199 , l.s.u. is the first team to

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: win two b.c.s. national championship titles. led by seniors matt flynn, jacob hester, ally highs smith, jonathan zenon, craig stealths, and glenn dorsey, they won 12 games during the 2007 season. seven

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: games were won against nationally ranked opponents, as well as seven games against knch opponents including the volunteers in the southeastern conference championship game by a score of 21-4.

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: since its first season as l.s.u. head coach in 2005,less miles has fearlessly led the tiger football program to 34 overall wins, 20 s.e.c. victories, 14 wins over nationally ranked opponents.

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: . he's brought the tigers to three consecutive bowl wins, two of which were b.c.s. games, and one b.c.s. national championship. coach miles has also had three consecutive double-digit win

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: seasons, a school record, and he's clearly well-known for the fourth and short conversions. he's fearless as a leader. we must not also forget that foremost, these student athletes perform

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: jushlt as hard in the classroom as they do on the football field. coach miles insist that his first goal for hisfi team is a 100% graduation rate. and i'm proud to say that 14 members of this

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: national champion football team were placed in a 2007 s.e.c. fall academic honor roll. the 2007 tigers fought through great adversity, thanks to a grueling schedule, injuries and conference

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: losses to secure their place in the national championship game against ohio state. this championship is very special to the l.s.u. system and to my great state of louisiana. it's my honor

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Charlie Melancon: to recognize coach s miles and the 2007 l.s.u. tiger football for all the great accomplishments this season and for bringing home the b.c.s. crystal ball. go, tigers. i ask my colleagues

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Speech By: Charlie Melancon

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Charlie Melancon: to support this resolution and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. altmire: mr.

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Charlie Melancon: speaker, there is no greater fan of the l.s.u. tigers than mr. melancon from louisiana, and ilale -- and @ i'll yield him as much time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman

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Charlie Melancon: from louisiana is recognized. mr. melancon: i thank my colleague. i'd like to associate myself with mr. boustany's remarks. of course, most people from most states are very, very proud to win their

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Charlie Melancon: college's -- when their colleges become national championship. and particularly in this past year i've had conversations over the last several days with friends about the presidential election.

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Charlie Melancon: and the analogy is that it's almost as if the ncaa season of who is going to be first and second in any given week. but at the end of the day, l.s.u. rose to the occasion. they had a very

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Charlie Melancon: successful year. very successful. an accomplished coach in les miles to take them where they did go. having beat number nine rated virginia tech. then unfortunately in overtime losing to

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Charlie Melancon: 17th ranked kentucky and then the unranked arizona razorbacks, which i caught a little grief from the guys that are from the arkansas delegation. but in the end it was worth all that occurred.

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Charlie Melancon: my wife went to a small university where when the coach makes the team, a winning team gets into international rankings, somebody steals them that pays more money and moves them on. fortunately

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Charlie Melancon: for us at l.s.u. i think we have a stature and nature that we can keep our coach and continue to bring the talent to the university, to go forward over the next couple of years, or into the future,

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Charlie Melancon: for that matter. but i would like to commend l.s.u. for the great win in the b.c.s. bowl, for being number one. i'd like to commend the s.e.c. i believe that the s.e.c. is probably the number one

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Charlie Melancon: conference in the country, maybe some of our colleagues would disagree with us, beat the same time, until they prove that they can win two b.c.s. games in the short history of the b.c.s. bowl,

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: then we will take that gaunt let and we will run forward. as mr. boustany said, go, tigers. thank you, mr. altmire. i appreciate it. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania,

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: do you reserve your time? mr. altmire: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana. mr. boustany: thank you, mr. speaker. i appreciate my colleague

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: from louisiana's remarks and associate myself with them as well. i as an alumni of the l.s.u. medical school, i want to thank two members of my staff, both of whom are l.s.u. graduates, ryan

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Louie Gohmert: evans and michael hare, who helped me pre-- parer my remarks today. i'd like to yield to my friend from texas, mr. gohmert. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized.

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Speech By: Louie Gohmert

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Louie Gohmert: mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. it may seem a little unusual for a member from texas to stand and attribute to louisiana state university. but i do. i take off my hat and hair in tribute

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Louie Gohmert: to university louisiana state tigers. and also to the relationship that texas and louisiana have shared. through the years, louisiana has helped texas. after katrina, texans were proud to assist

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Louie Gohmert: louisiana. when we heard that louisiana state university needed a quarterback, then my hometown, tyler, texas, was proud to yield one of its best, matt flynn, to l.s.u. to help them in their

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Louie Gohmert: time of need. watch matt flynn play high schoolootball four years there at robert e. lee high school in tyler. and we are so proud of matt. he comes from good lineage. his dad, alvin flynn, played

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Louie Gohmert: quarterback for baylor university. his mother has been the director -- was the director for many years at the tyler community college apache bells. but such is the nature of texans and east

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Louie Gohmert: texans when they see someone in need, as they saw l.s.u., it was their heart rending desire to help them and to send them our best, matt flynn. so congratulations to l.s.u. we're proud

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: of matt flynn and we're proud of what the tigers did in making actually the whole nation proud. thank you. mr. boustany: mr. speaker, i want to thank my colleague from texas for his remarks

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: and thank him for sending matt flynn over to l.s.u. but i want to remind him that jim bowie shed blood at the alamo for texas. he's from my neck of the woods. since he sacrificed so much, i

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want to ask my colleague to keep sending quarterbacks over to louisiana. we'll take them. with that i'm prepared to yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the

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balance of his time. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. altmire: mr. speaker, i have no more speakers. at this time i'll yield back my time as well. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will

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Jason Altmire: the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 933. as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative,

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Speech By: Jason Altmire

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Jason Altmire: the rules are suspended -- mr. altmire: mr. speaker, on that i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote

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Jason Altmire: by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 and the chair's prior announcement,

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Jason Altmire: further proceedings on this motion will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? mr. altmire: mr. speakertm, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass

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Jason Altmire: h.res. 938 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the this resolution. the clerk: house resolution 938, resolution commending the west virginia university mountaineer

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Jason Altmire: football team for exemplifying the pride, determination, and spirit of the mountain state and overcoming adversity with skill, commitment, and team work to win the 2008 tostitos fiesta bowl.

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Jason Altmire: the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. altmire, and the gentleman from louisiana, mr. boustany, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes

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Jason Altmire: the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. altmire: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to insert extraneous

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Jason Altmire: material into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. altmire: and i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. altmire: i ask

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Jason Altmire: unanimous consent to revise and extend. four short weeks ago, west virginia university captured its third consecutive bowl victory and cemented their third consecutive top 10 finish.

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Jason Altmire: they defeated the university of oklahoma sooners 48-28. college football fans throughout the nation were treated to an exceptional college football game. i want to extend my congratulations to west

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Jason Altmire: virginia head coach bill stewart, athletic director ed pastalon, the west virginia president and west virginia student athletes for winning the fiesta bowl. and i want to extend my congratulations

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Jason Altmire: to the oklahoma sooners and their student athletes for a great season. oklahoma won the big 12 championship game and had an 11-2 regular season record. the w.v.u. mountaineers were pregame

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Jason Altmire: underdogs against number three ranked oklahoma, whose defense had previously allowed only 92 yards a game. the exceptional play of mountaineer quarterback pat white, the fiesta bowl offensive

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Jason Altmire: m.v.p., helped the mountaineers produce 525 total yards of offense. the defensive m.v.p. helped his teammates hold the sooners to only six points in the first half and a total of 28 points for

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: the game. mr. speaker, once again i congratulate the west virginia university mountaineers for their success and i reserve the balance of my time. the eaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves

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Speech By: Charles W. Jr.Boustany

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: the balance of his time. the gentleman from louisiana. mr. boustany: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of -- first of all, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. boustany: i rise today in support of house resolution 938, commending the west virginia university mountaineer football team for exemplifying the pride,

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: determination and spirit of the mountain state and overcoming adversity with skill, commitment, and team m work to win the 2008 tostitos fiesta bowl. throughout the years, the mountaineer football

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: team has been a source of great pride for west virginians, and this past year proved no different. in january -- on january 2, 2008, the west virginia university mountaineer football team won

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: the tostitos fiesta f bowl, defending the university of oklahoma sooners by a score of 48-28 in glendale, arizona. after what could have been a team demoralizing loss off head coach rich rodriguez,

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: then assistant coach stewart showed true leadership and coaching skill by instilling confidence in his team and leading them to victory earning the admiration of fellow west virginiaans.

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: quarterback pat white gave a great performance that delighted w.v.u. fans, frustrated his opponents and earned him offensive m.v.p. honors. defensive honors went to mountaineer linebacker

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: and native west virginian reed williams. with the conclusion of an impressive 11-2 season, the mountaineers finished among the top 10 in college football rankings for a third consecutive

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: year. and with their new head coach, bill stewart brought great honors to himself, his students and west virginia. high marks should give to ed pastalon who has instilled the athletic department

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: of highest standards of ethics and performance. we should also recognize w.v.u. president mike garrison for his leadership, w.v.u. is committed to changing lives and providing opportunities to

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: all through education, building knowledge through research and serving the people of west virginia through economic development and health care. i extend my congratulations top head coach bill

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Alan B. Mollohan: stewart and for all the hard-working players, the fans, and to st virginia university. i'm happy to join my good friends and college representative mollohan, in honoring this exceptional

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Speech By: Alan B. Mollohan

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Alan B. Mollohan: team and all of its accomplishments and wish all involved continued success. i ask my colleagues to support this resolution. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: do you yield

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Alan B. Mollohan: back? mr. boustany: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. altmire: mr. speaker, we have a college who represents morgantown,

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Alan B. Mollohan: west virginia, with us, mr. mollohan. i know there's no greater fan of the west virginia mountaineers than he. so i woulded a -- would at this time yield. i'll yield to him as much time

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Alan B. Mollohan: as he may consume to the gentleman from west virginia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from west virginia, mr. mollohan, recognized. mr. mollohan: thank you, mr. speaker. i would like

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Alan B. Mollohan: to thank my colleagues. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.res. 938, congratulating the west virginia university mountaineer football team for its recent outstanding fiesta bowl victory.

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Alan B. Mollohan: the mountaineers regular season closed with an unexpected and a bit demoralizing loss that ended the team's bid for a national championship. as a further complication as has been pointed out

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by my colleagues, the team began preparation with the fiesta bowl without their head coach. w.v.u. was branded the underdog. but these young men and the interim head coach, who is now the

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permanent head coach, who stepped into the void were steady, they were confident, and they prepared to pursue a game plan unaffected by the swirling controversies and the many media pundant

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Shelley Moore Capito: who is predicted defeat. mr. speaker, seeing that team demonstrate grit, skill, and determination, as described by my colleagues, to silence its critics while overcoming challenges reminds us

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Speech By: Shelley Moore Capito

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Shelley Moore Capito: of the potential for accomplishment that resides in us all. i hope all of my colleagues will join me in supporting h.res. 938, as it offers a well done to a team that set a high bar for

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Shelley Moore Capito: accomplishment, focus, and determination. thank you, mr. speaker. . the speaker pro tempore: the the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. mr. boustany: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore:

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Shelley Moore Capito: the gentleman from louisiana. mr. boustany: i'm pleased to yield such time as she may consume to the gentlelady from west virginia, ms. capito. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady

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Shelley Moore Capito: is recognized. mrs. capito: i thank the gentleman for yielding me time and i thank mr. mollohan for offering this resolution and including me. we are proud of the mountaineers and the football

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Shelley Moore Capito: team is something that everyone in the state takes great pride from. the fiesta bowl win was not only an athletic win, but it was a morale-lifting win for everybody in the state of west virginia.

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Shelley Moore Capito: the oklahoma sooners are a powerful team and i congratulate them for their effort. but when mind and body gets together, there is hardly any stopping us. we always try to embodyy the spirit of

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Shelley Moore Capito: the mountain state and as a shining light for the people of west virginia. the fans, the coaches, the university, the president, the athletic director ani have to mention the pride of west

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Shelley Moore Capito: virginia our mountaineer marching band are something that i know took our teammates into a very difficult athletic and emotional situation at the fiesta bowl. i want to congratulate the m.v.p.'s,

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Shelley Moore Capito: white and williams. and they are a true embodyyment of the student athletes. we have a saying in west virginia, and that is, as we say in west virginia, it is a great day to be a mountaineer and

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Jason Altmire: it was on the day that west virginia won the tostitos fiesta bowl in arizona. and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: gentlelady yields. mr. boustany: i'm prepared to

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Jason Altmire: yield. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. altmire: we have just celebrated l. sfrlt -- l.s.u. and west virginia and

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Jason Altmire: as a member from pennsylvania i would like to remind my colleagues of the role that the university of pittsburgh played in this whole scenario, because were it not for the improbable upset that the

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university of pittsburgh was able to pull off on the last game of the regular season, we may have been doing these in a little different order than we are today. i congratulate west virginia.