Sen. Martinez's Statement On Rutgers Women's Basketball Team

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SEN. MENENDEZ'S STATEMENT ON RUTGERS WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM

U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today released the following statement on the Rutgers women's basketball team:

"The outstanding young women of the Rutgers women's basketball team have continually made the state of New Jersey proud during their unprecedented season and its sadly tumultuous aftermath. They are a talented, accomplished and classy group of human beings, and they deserve our praise and support.

"The abhorrent comments made by Don Imus that have led to his firing would be unwarranted if directed toward anyone, much less these young women who have achieved so much. They handled a difficult and unfair situation with the same composure and excellence that they have shown on the basketball court and in the classroom.

"It is my hope that the members of the team will be able to regain a sense of normalcy so that they can return to their private lives and to the classroom. This unfortunate episode has shown the entire country what we in New Jersey already knew: that the Rutgers women's basketball team is a team of champions."

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