On the recordJuly 11, 2012
And Members of the House, I've been asked to report the results of a competition that took place on Monday at the Columbia Country Club. The competition is called the Congressional Challenge Cup. It's an event where a team of golfers from the Democratic side of the House plays a team of golfers from the Republican side of the House. I wanted to report to the House that this year's winner of the Congressional Challenge Cup is the Republican team. Very briefly, I want to thank my teammates: Trey Gowdy, Mick Mulvaney, Jeff Duncan, Duncan Hunter, Tom Rooney, Reid Ribble, and Steve Southerland. I want to thank them for their dedication, their hard work, and, most of all, for just showing up. The big winner, Madam Speaker, is an organization called the First Tee. Over the last 11 years that we've had this competition, over $1.5 million has been raised for the First Tee. This is an organization that works with young people to try to touch their lives through educational programs that deal with character, honesty, integrity. They work in all 50 States. They've touched the lives of 4.5 million people over the years, and they do a lot of work in the inner cities and for the less fortunate. So it was a great day, and I want to thank everybody for their involvement. Certainly, I want to yield time to my Democratic counterpart, to the captain of the Democratic team, Mr. Yarmuth.
