Washington - Mar 15, 2006
Today U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (3rd District-Texas) went to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to congratulate the Plano boys basketball team for winning the state championship. Johnson delivered the following statement on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives and had every single name of the varsity basketball team printed in the official Congressional Record.

Congressman Sam Johnson
“Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate the Plano Senior High School boys basketball team. Under the leadership of Coach Inman, they made history on March 11th as the first Plano ISD team to capture a state basketball championship. The Wildcats - (growl!) you know - come-from-behind victory over the defending state champs, Kingwood, on Saturday, in overtime, will go down as one of the most exciting basketball games in Texas high school history. They won 60-58 to clinch the coveted state title.

I say “Congratulations Wildcats! Y’all embody the school motto: A Tradition of Excellence. God bless you and God bless America. Boys – we are proud of you. Plano is proud of you and America is proud of you…and I salute you.”

"And without objection, I would like to insert the names of the players in the record."

Speaker
"No objection."