John Shaw: “Mr. Speaker, this past August, some of the best young athletes from around the country gathered in historic…”

“Mr. Speaker, this past August, some of the best young athletes from around the country gathered in historic Williamsport, Pennsylvania, to compete in America's favorite past time at the 2003 Little League Championships. Today, I stand with my colleagues from Palm Beach County, the gentlemen from Florida (Mr. Wexler) (Mr. Foley) and (Mr. Hastings), to honor these boys from my home district who captured the United States championship. Just as we honor their victory with this resolution, I want to especially compliment them on their spirit and their sportsmanship which became legendary in this series. These are the character traits that deliver victory and most certainly enabled them to bring home the championship to East Boynton Beach. So let me first start by congratulating the boys from the East Boynton Beach Little League team: Michael, Richard, Cody, Jordan, Patrick, R.J., Matt, Ricky, Benny, Devon, and Andrew, who are also known as this year's United States Little League World Series Champions.”