soto and that's his equalizer, i knew he had great fastball, change-up, but he learned it from mario soto down in the dominican republican. >> johnny: a high fly down the left field line, going to drift up in the stands foul. nice run by jonny gomes the try to run it down.  so  soto some is th taught him that. >> rob: yes. >> johnny: good guy to learn it from. rob ron and there's days you can go out and throw a change- up. you've got to sell it on the arm speed. right now i mean three hits off this kid through five innings, doing a great job changing speeds and keeping the hitters off balance. >> rob: they spent toe time in the reds minor league organization with sarasota and dayton, chattanooga and dayton before he finally got his shot. so he broke in, what, 18 years of age probably. >> yeah, free agent 2004. and to bring up jar adjuster against again he pitched 500 innings in the minor leagues with the tigers before he got traded. so he came out of high school from kyra tsao with a, his dad grew up a huge brace man, pitched 500 innings, t

just as he did when he came into the league as a player, mario took control of a franchise threatened by bankruptcy and relocation. by from that he built a championship team that leads the league in television ratings, merchandise sales and sellouts. yes, madam speaker, these penguins can fly. congratulations go out to the entire organization for completing the hat trick of champions, winning their third straight -- third stanley cub. the 2009 pittsburgh penguins have earned their well-deserved place alongside the greatest sports legends in the city of champion shs -- champions. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: ms. woolsey of california. mr. jones of north carolina. mr. jones: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i'm pleased to announce that 290 of my colleagues in the house, from both parties, have joined me as co-sponsors of h.r. 24, legislation to redesignate the department of the navy as the department of navy and marine corps. i'm grateful for the widespread support for this change among my house colleagues and i also thank chairman ike skelton wh

and you look at mario, you know, when he raised the cup. he's the one that got this to pittsburgh four years ago. this team was cloag to winning. you know, mario coapt the team air and look at what happened? first years later -- four years later you win that beautiful cup. thiengs, guys. >> good little run for the city of pittsburgh. first the steelers and the nb. panthers had a good run. don't forget the hershey bears won the calder cup over the manitoba moots. >> the mood for chocolate now. they're in the mood for lord stanley's cup in pittsburgh. let's take you out to the highlights. game 7 penguins and the redwings. sidney crosby cunning for his first cup. the greatest of all time in the house. first period, no score. kirk a quite open effort. but mark andre fliewr we, one of his 23 saves on the night keeping this one scoreless. seconds period still no score. wings in their own zone. turn it over and that man we just heard from, maxine talbot shoots and scores. tall lot scored 8-24 goals this postseason. late there are the w period, joh

and, fred, and the saints and mario, how do you think the arab side will react to such an attack? . .

designating june 10 as national pipeline safety day and yield such time as he may consume to my colleague, mario diaz-balart of florida. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for ouch -- how much time? mr. petri: as much time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. diaz-balart: thank you, mr. speaker. let me also thank the gentleman for his generosity with the time. i rise in support of this resolution designating the national pipeline safety month. mr. speaker, pipe lines obviously play an important role in our society through the operation of our homes, our businesses, by cliffer -- delivering the energy to drive our cars, to cook our food, to keep us warm and -- warm in the winter and cool in the summer. it's an undeniable reality that energy affects all aspects of our lives and all americans need to depend on energy. that's why it's unfortunate, mr. speaker, that some in the majority would like to and the administration, frankly, are proposing this cap and trade legislation that many are calling a cap and tax legislation that would dramatic

i hope that congressman spillard -- lincoln or mario -- lincoln, will encourage many republicans to join him in his enthusiasm for immigration reform. >> -- to be debated on the floor? >> sorry? >> how committed are you? >> absolutely. this to me is who we are as a country. immigration has been the constant reinvigoration of america. every person who comes here with their aspirations for a better future for their family, that commitment of making the future better for the next generation is a very american idea. so all of them who come with their enthusiasm for the future make america more american. i'm very excited about that. >> how would you compare the effort you and the leadership team have had to go through on this big energy bill and probably the bigger healthcare bill? and the difficulty and the outside mobilization and the opposition you've encountered? >> how would i compare the two? >> yes. >> well, the legislative process is a very dynamic one. and it's what we came here to do. and it's frankly what we enjoy. it is listening to people to hear what their concerns are. everyone

that was given commemorating the 400 years of poland in america, which was given to all of us by mario's at the celebration of the second of october of last year, where-- in the state of virginia in jamestown in 1608. but, george washington is reported in that book, celebrating american history, to have given kosciuszko to pistols. they warned by chance the two pistols he gave to little turtle where they? >> i think those pistols are now in a military museum in warsaw and in addition to that he gave him a sword with an inscription on it, and kosciuszko was actually at france's tavern when george washington said goodbye to the troops, and in fact, he gave kosciuszko-- kosciuszko was made a member of the order of the cincinnatus, and washington when he was saying goodbye to hammes elliptic can we obering on his finger. i say in the book that the irony of this is that it was as if washington was passing the bataan to kosciuszko because you have one farmer general passing the bataan to another former general who was trying to win freedom for his country. as far as kosciuszko's relationship w