Christine Quinn: “I am here to announce that for the second year in a row now, the Congressional basketball team has defeated the team of…”

“I am here to announce that for the second year in a row now, the Congressional basketball team has defeated the team of lobbyists from the American League of Lobbyists here in Washington, D.C. Last night's game was a hard-earned victory of 70-67. The Congressional team got together in a bipartisan way. I would like to mention that the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Barrett); the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. LoBiondo); the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Hulshof); the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Oxley), our general manager and commissioner; the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Buyer); the gentleman from South Dakota (Mr. Thune), our MVP last night; the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Kind); the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Inslee); the gentleman from New York (Mr. Fossella); the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Shimkus); and the gentleman from California (Mr. Baca) all got together in an effort to prove that we can get along here in Washington and that we can do better when the cause is right. Last night the American League of Lobbyists organized a benefit for over $17,000 that will go to charity for the Hill staffers, for the hungry and homeless, for Horton's kids, and for Everybody Wins, a youth mentoring program here in the Washington, D.C. area. We set a challenge for the lobbyists we can get along better, and we are going to make sure that some young people here in Washington, D.C., benefit from it.”