Title: Congratulating Atlanta on winning the 2021 Major League Baseball World Series.
Policy area: Sports and Recreation

Summary:
This resolution congratulates Atlanta on winning the 2021 Major League Baseball World Series.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 771 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 771

Congratulating Atlanta on winning the 2021 Major League Baseball World 
                                Series.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 3, 2021

 Ms. Williams of Georgia submitted the following resolution; which was 
           referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Congratulating Atlanta on winning the 2021 Major League Baseball World 
                                Series.

Whereas, on November 2, 2021, Atlanta exemplified the spirit of excellence for 
        which the city is well known by winning the 2021 Major League Baseball 
        World Series;
Whereas Atlanta completed the 2021 regular season with an overall record of 88 
        wins and 73 losses to finish first in the National League East Division;
Whereas Atlanta's victory was historic, led by World Series MVP Jorge Soler, who 
        was the first player to lead off a game with a home run in the 117-year 
        history of the World Series;
Whereas in Atlanta, the franchise has won 21 division titles, six National 
        League pennants, and two World Series championships;
Whereas Atlanta fans supported the team throughout the 2021 season, playing a 
        key role in motivating their team to victory;
Whereas this enthusiasm extended all the way to the floor of the House of 
        Representatives, where Atlanta Congresswoman Nikema Williams and Houston 
        Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee joined together on October 27, 2021, to 
        cheer on their respective teams in the spirit of friendly competition;
Whereas Atlanta and America's oldest continuously operating professional sports 
        franchise have a proud legacy of success;
Whereas Atlanta is also home to generations of civil rights leaders who have 
        changed the world, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., baseball 
        legend Hank Aaron, Ambassador Andrew Young, and Congressman John Lewis;
Whereas Atlanta influences everything, evident in its Grammy winners, Oscar-
        winning movies, world-class research institutions, Fortune 500 
        companies, and its airport (the Nation's busiest and most efficient) and 
        so much more; and
Whereas the 2021 World Series title will be remembered as a great accomplishment 
        for the oldest continually operating professional sports franchise in 
        America and for Atlanta, a city used to success: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) congratulates Atlanta on winning the 2021 Major League 
        Baseball World Series; and
            (2) applauds Atlanta fans for their passionate support all 
        season.
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