Congratulating the Washington Nationals on winning the 2019 Major League Baseball World Series.

IV 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 684 Congratulating the Washington Nationals on winning the 2019 Major League Baseball World Series. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOVEMBER 8, 2019 Ms. NORTON (for herself, Mr. TRONE, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, and Mr. BROWN of Maryland) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform RESOLUTION Congratulating the Washington Nationals on winning the 2019 Major League Baseball World Series. Whereas, on October 30, 2019, the Washington Nationals won the 2019 Major League Baseball World Series; Whereas that World Series win was the first World Series won by the Washington Nationals in the 51 years that the franchise has been in Major League Baseball; Whereas the last Major League Baseball team in Wash- ington, DC, to win the World Series was the Washington Senators in 1924; Whereas the Washington Nationals defeated the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Wild Card Game; VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:48 Nov 09, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR684.IH HR684 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 684 IH Whereas the Washington Nationals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Division Series; Whereas the Washington Nationals defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Championship Series; Whereas the Washington Nationals defeated the Houston Astros in the World Series; Whereas the Washington Nationals demonstrated team spirit and determination in winning the World Series after starting the regular season 19–31, staving off 5 playoff elimination games, and being widely considered under- dogs in the World Series; Whereas the roster of players for the Washington Nationals for the 2019 World Series included— (1) Matt Adams; (2) Asdru´bal Cabrera; (3) Patrick Corbin; (4) Sean Doolittle; (5) Brian Dozier; (6) Adam Eaton; (7) Yan Gomes; (8) Javy Guerra; (9) Daniel Hudson; (10) Howie Kendrick; (11) Gerardo Parra; (12) Tanner Rainey; (13) Anthony Rendon; (14) Vı´ctor Robles; (15) Fernando Rodney; (16) Joe Ross; (17) Anı´bal Sa´nchez; (18) Max Scherzer; (19) Juan Soto; VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:48 Nov 09, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR684.IH HR684 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HRES 684 IH (20) Stephen Strasburg; (21) Wander Suero; (22) Kurt Suzuki; (23) Michael A. Taylor; (24) Trea Turner; and (25) Ryan Zimmerman; Whereas Stephen Strasburg received the Most Valuable Play- er award for the 2019 World Series; Whereas Mike Rizzo, General Manager and President of Baseball Operations, and Dave Martinez, Manager, pro- vided outstanding leadership and guided the Washington Nationals to their first World Series victory; and Whereas the Principal Owners of the Washington Nationals, Theodore N. Lerner (Founding Principal Owner), Mark D. Lerner (Managing Principal Owner), Annette M. Lerner, Marla Lerner Tanenbaum, Debra Lerner Cohen, Robert K. Tanenbaum, Edward L. Cohen, and Judy Lenkin Lerner, have contributed greatly to the Nation’s Capital and the National Capital Region through the philanthropic work of The Annette M. and Theodore N. Lerner Family Foundation and the Washington Nation- als Dream Foundation: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 (1) congratulates the Washington Nationals on 2 winning the 2019 Major League Baseball World Se- 3 ries; 4 (2) applauds the people of the Nation’s Capital 5 and the National Capital Region for their enthusi- 6 astic support of the Washington Nationals; and 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:48 Nov 09, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR684.IH HR684 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HRES 684 IH (3) respectfully requests the Clerk of the House 1 to transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to— 2 (A) the Managing Principal Owner of the 3 Washington Nationals, Mark D. Lerner; 4 (B) the Manager of the Washington Na- 5 tionals, Dave Martinez; and 6 (C) the General Manager and President of 7 Baseball Operations of the Washington Nation- 8 als, Mike Rizzo. 9 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:48 Nov 09, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR684.IH HR684 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS