i wanted to be like stan musial. as an individual, stan will be remembered as kind, modest, generous, approachable, as an ambassador, he meant more to the game of baseball in st. louis than he was ever willing to take credit for. today, let's honor our veterans and stan "the man" musial. i urge all my colleagues to support h.r. 23 -- 23 3 and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from illinois. ms. bustos: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. bustos: i rise today in support of h.r. 2383 to designate the new interstate 70 bridge over the mississippi river connecting illinois an st. louis as the stan musial veterans memorial bridge or the stan span as many affectionately call it. this bill names the bridge in honor of one of the greatest players in baseball history. as well as the millions of brave americans who have served this country in the armed forces. naming the bridge after mr. musial and saluting the mill

louis which is the home of stan musial's st. louis cardinals, st. louis sits on the mississippi river and when it came time to propose a name for the new bridge, missouri lawmakers agreed that this new bridge should be called the stan musial bridge. should be named after the st. louis baseball legend. across the riverbank on the other side of the bridge in illinois, lawmakers there decided, stan musial is nice and all, but it's not like they care about him that much in illinois. in illinois they instead want to honor american veterans. they want to call the bridge the veterans memorial bridge. so the two states on the two sides of the bridge disagree. they have a border dispute over the name of this bridge which, after all, they both sort of have a right to name since the bridge goes between their two states. if you think about this, this is not the most difficult dilemma in the world, right? one side wants to name it the stan musial bridge, one side wants to name it the veterans bridge. stan musial is, himself, a veteran. so this is not exactly a p