Congressional Ryder Cup
Floor Speech
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Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to talk about one of the great competitions here in our sports and bipartisan competitions in the House.
Mr. Speaker, today I rise to talk about the outcome of this year's Congressional Ryder Cup, which is a match between the Republican Ryder Cup team and the Democratic Ryder Cup teams.
I have had the privilege to captain the Republican Ryder Cup team for the past four competitions. The Ryder Cup--what we do is we raise money for charities that benefit the game of golf, obviously, First Tee and the National Links Trust, and we have raised over $2 million in this effort.
This year, I am pleased to announce that the Republican team was victorious. We celebrate that, our team here; I thank my team.
But I want to take this moment to talk about the captain of the Democratic team. He is the best player in the United States Congress, Number 1. All my best players want to take this guy on because if you beat John Yarmuth, you have done something, okay? But he is one of the finest players in the game.
Of course, John came to Congress in 2007, and when he hit here, he became captain of the Democratic Ryder Cup team. And I say to the gentleman, I think y'all won four in a row immediately. But the gentleman is retiring this year. I thank him for his sportsmanship, his leadership on this competition, and his dedication to the game that we all love. Let's give John a round.
But it has been a true honor to compete with the gentleman as captain. It was a great competition this year. It is great to see Members of Congress actually come together and compete and talk to each other and enjoy the day. It was a great day for both teams.
I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. Yarmuth).
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Mr. ALLEN. We think we are going to change the rules and let former Members come back and play. I think that would be appropriate.
But anyway, let's give John a big round of applause.
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Mr. ALLEN. Well, it is election time. You need to recruit golfers. That is what I do. I say, who are the golfers here on the campaign trail?
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