On the recordJune 14, 2018
Americans love sports. They love honest sports. They love winning the Stanley Cup by the great team here in Washington. We loved winning the World Series with the Houston Astros. We love our Olympics. Today, I rise because I recently introduced, H.R. 6067, the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act, or RADA. In the realm of international sports, it has become almost commonplace for too many athletes to yield to the temptation of bridging the gap between their own skills and the pinnacle of athletic achievement by resorting to performance-enhancing drugs. To conceal this fall from grace, cheaters are employing increasingly sophisticated modes of masking the use of any prescribed drugs. This practice, some of it state-sanctioned, undermines international athletic competition. That is why I introduced the RADA Act, H.R. 6067. I ask my colleagues to join me. This is a bipartisan bill supported by Ms. Gwen Moore, Dr. Burgess, and myself. Our numbers are growing. The legislation I have introduced is bipartisan. As well, we salute the valiant man who revealed the true extent of the complex, state-run doping scheme in Russia. Mr. Speaker, I would simply like to close by saying a young lady by the name of Alysia Montano lost a race to Russians who had been a part of doping fraud. She lost the medal and she lost millions, but she also may have lost her spirit. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record an article from The New York Times entitled: ``U.S.…
