WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Sen. Jim Banks issued the following press release:
Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) spoke on the United States Senate Floor about the Indiana Hoosiers' historic football season under Coach Curt Cignetti and praised Heisman winner Fernando Mendoza.
Full remarks as delivered:
"Thank you, Madam President,
As we begin the new year, there a lot of things that members of Congress and the American people are paying attention to. There's something that's really extraordinary going on in my home state of Indiana, and it's not just Hoosiers who are paying attention -the whole country is following Indiana football.
I'm the first in my family to go to college, and it was a no-brainer for me to attend Indiana University in Bl...