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On the recordFebruary 11, 2015
I rise briefly today to recognize the extraordinary story of my fellow Mississippian Malcolm Butler, who hails from Vicksburg, MS, and attended Hinds Community College. Mr. Butler, a cornerback for the New England Patriots, made the game- winning interception in Super Bowl XLIX on February 1, 2015. I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record an article by Rick Cleveland. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [From the Daily Journal, Feb. 3, 2015] Vicksburg's Butler Rises Up as Mississippi's Latest NFL Hero (By Rick Cleveland) You wait in line, easing around one car-length at a time. Finally, you roll down your window and the voice over the microphone says, ``Welcome to Popeyes. Can I take your order?'' Malcolm Butler was that voice, the one who asks you if you want your chicken spicy or mild, your tea sweetened or unsweetened. Before he became a Super Bowl hero, Malcolm Butler worked the to-go window at Popeyes. That was after nobody much had recruited him out of Vicksburg High School. That was after he was kicked off the Hinds Community College football team after a campus altercation. ``Welcome to Popeyes, can I take your order?'' Well, sure, I'll have a pass interception on the goal line to win the Super Bowl. Malcolm Butler's story is for everybody who a makes a huge mistake. Who flunks the big exam. Who gets kicked out of school. Who gets fired.…
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi
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Feb 11, 2015

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