Updated December 09, 2009
Congressman Drops Effort to Award Tiger Woods Congressional Gold Medal
Tiger Woods just lost one of his sponsors -- in Congress.
California Rep. Joe Baca, an avid golfer who since 2000 has pushed legislation to award the golf superstar a Congressional Gold Medal, said Wednesday
that he is abandoning the effort.
"In light of the recent developments surrounding Tiger Woods and his family, I will not pursue legislation awarding him the Congressional Gold Medal
this session," Baca said in an e-mail statement to FoxNews.com.
Baca, a Democrat, is the chairman of the golf committee in the House -- a subset of the House Professional Sports Caucus. Though the congressman had
not earned any co-sponsors to his Woods legislation since he introduced the latest version in March.
The resolution for the Congressional Gold Medal cited Woods' numerous tournament wins, his work with the Tiger Woods Foundation and the grace with
which he conducted himself on the public stage.
"Tiger Woods has broken barriers with grace and dignity by showing that golf is a sport for all people, regardless of race, color [boorishness,
personal sins, transgressions], or creed," the resolution said. "Tiger Woods has inspired countless people of all ages, impressing upon them that
their hopes, dreams, and prayers may be achieved through hard work, persistence, education, [lying, cheating, paying people off] and good
sportsmanship." |