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“Madam Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. LaHood). Mr. LaHOOD. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Kim) for yielding me the time. I echo the comments of both of my colleagues who spoke today. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of our bill, H.R. 7438, the FIFA World Cup 2026 Commemorative Coin Act. FIFA stands for Federation of International Football Association. As the co-chair of the Congressional Soccer Caucus, I am proud to lead the coin bill effort with my co-chairs of the Soccer Caucus, the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Larsen), the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Bacon), and the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Castor). I am also very honored that the U.S. Soccer Federation, which operates the men's and women's team, is based in my home State of Illinois. Also, in my district, I have seven colleges and universities that have men's and women's soccer. The FIFA World Cup 2026 will be the largest sporting event in the history of the world. It will be hosted jointly by the United States, Mexico, and Canada, the first time that three countries have hosted the World Cup. We expect nearly 6 million fans to attend the matches in the United States alone. Half will be traveling to the United States from other countries. As has been noted, this is the first World Cup in 100 years where we expand it to 48 teams from the current 32 teams.…”