Joe Lieberman: “Mr. President, there is a part of me that wants to do a Dick Vitale impersonation here on the floor--raise the voice…”

“Mr. President, there is a part of me that wants to do a Dick Vitale impersonation here on the floor--raise the voice, shake the hands--but I am going to abide by the rules of appropriate discourse, at least in this Chamber, and simply say with quiet pride what a great season this has been for this University of Connecticut women's basketball team. How much they have taught us, not just in the fact that they had an undefeated season, which makes them only the second women's team in NCAA history to finish a championship season undefeated; not just that they won the championship yesterday against a very formidable Tennessee team, but for all they have done for our State of Connecticut to make us proud, to make us feel a little bigger than we normally feel in a relatively small State, not only helping us through the winter and raising our sights as we come out of the recession, but reminding us what sports is all about. Women's basketball at the collegiate level has reached the big time.”