Want the 2024 Olympics here? Congress does

LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Los Angeles’ bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics
this week got a boost from Congress, with its members voting to throw their
support behind the event, officials said today.
A resolution backing the bid was unanimously passed by the House of
Representatives earlier this week, and by the Senate yesterday, according to
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who co-sponsored the Senate version with Georgia senator
Johnny Isakson.
“This resolution shows the International Olympic Committee that
Congress is united behind Los Angeles to host the 2024 Summer Olympics,”
Feinstein said.
Feinstein said Los Angeles’s “rich sporting legacy and history of
cultural innovation make it the perfect backdrop to host a modern Olympiad.”
“Los Angeles is an international city that truly embodies the Olympic
spirit and is ready to welcome the entire world to the United States,” she
said.
The House resolution was sponsored by Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Los
Angeles, and Stephen Knight, R-Palmdale.
Paris, Rome and Budapest also are vying to host the Olympics in 2024,
with the International Olympic Committee expected to select the host city by
September 2017.