Providing for Consideration of H.R. 2822, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016; Providing for Consideration of H.R. 2042, Ratepayer Protection Act of 2015; and Providing for Proceedings During the Period from June 26, 2015, through July 6, 2015
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Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania. First off, I want to thank my good friend, Joe Barton. Joe, you know, you used the tools that are at your disposal.
This was a great game. It was good. I think all the fans were treated to a very competitive game this year. We had almost 10,000 people attend the game this year.
As we all know, the real winners here are our charities. This game helps raise money for the Washington Boys & Girls Clubs, the Washington Literacy Council, and the Nationals Dream Foundation. I am happy to report, after expenses, we were able to write checks in excess of $100,000 to each of the three charities. So those are the big winners of the game.
This was a hard-fought game. In the last 3 years that we have played this game, our team has made only one error. We made that this game, but I think the difference in the score was that we made the plays in the field.
Both pitchers were outstanding. Your new pitcher, MARK, we weren't used to that knuckle ball and some of those curves. He kept us off balance, and he pitched a brilliant game. I believe you guys actually had one more hit than we did. You had six and we had five.
Cedric Richmond, coming off of shoulder surgery, pitched a gutsy game for seven innings. And I should also mention that, after striking out, he hit a double over the center fielder's head, just to throw that in.
I want to also note Joe Donnelly, our first baseman, made some unbelievable plays at first base that, I think, saved the game for us.
And then, as always, anytime I ask Linda Sánchez to put a batting helmet on, she gets a hit. So those three individuals share our team MVPs.
Also, there are lots of ways to contribute, and Eric Swalwell stole three bases for us and scored. He did it all on the base pads, and he deserves some notice for that, too.
Joe, I just want to say it was a great game. I want to thank you for how hard your team fought, and we look forward to a competitive game next year.
We know some day, you know, the shoe will be on the other foot. But for the past 7 years, we are kind of enjoying this. So God bless.
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