>> last october i authored a similar resolution for a university in my district, university of california at irvine, also known as uci, whose men's volleyball team won the national championship. they didn't just make the playoffs. they won the national championship. and the majority leader whose bill this is pulled that resolution. those kids who won that national championship were not able to get the same recognition that apparently today these players for maryland who are just in the playoffs are going to receive. >> nbc's luke russert is on capitol hill. i understand representative campbell then asked for a recorded vote? >> reporter: he did, something which is very odd at that moment, considering the chamber was almost empty. david, how amazing is it that washington has gotten this bad? guys, you have to understand, resolutions like this have been all the time. there is one honoring the chinese philosopher confucius,