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Recognizes two Florida athletes, Declan Farmer and Gregory Shaw, who competed for the United States in the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi, Russia (March 7-16, 2014)

Declan Farmer, born in Tampa with bilateral amputation, competed on the U.S. Paralympic Sled Hockey Team as the second-youngest member and ranked second on the team in points and goals

Gregory Shaw, born in Merritt Island with sacral agenesis, is a four-time International Paralympic Committee Ice Sled Hockey World Championship medalist with two gold medals, and was part of the gold medal-winning squad at the 2010 Vancouver Paralympic Winter Games

Congratulates the United States Paralympic Team and the 2014 U.S. Paralympic Sled Hockey Team, which won back-to-back gold medals for the first time in Paralympic history