[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 69 (Tuesday, June 7, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: June 7, 1994]
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CONGRATULATING LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL ON WINNING SECOND PLACE IN THE ``WE 
            THE PEOPLE'' NATIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL COMPETITION

 Mr. PACKWOOD. Mr. President, I rise today to congratulate the 
students of Lincoln High School in Portland, OR, who recently finished 
second in the Nation in the ``We the People . . . The Citizen and the 
Constitution'' competition.
  For the seventh year in a row, a team from Lincoln High has been 
victorious at the congressional district and State level and 
represented Oregon at the national competition. Lincoln is also the two 
time national champions, having won the national competition in 1991 
and 1990. The team placed in the top ten in 1993 and 1992, 4th in 1989, 
and 12th in 1988. Even more impressive is the fact that each year the 
team has been made up of an entirely new group of students.
  The program features an intensive 6-week curriculum which provides 
students with a fundamental understanding of the Constitution with a 
particular emphasis on the Bill of Rights. The students then compete by 
testifying on selected constitutional issues before a mock 
congressional committee made up of constitutional scholars, lawyers, 
and Government leaders.
  I have had the pleasure of meeting with the students in my office 
over the past few years. They are incredibly well informed and 
sophisticated about the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Their 
questions, enthusiasm, and insight show the value of this program in 
educating students and encouraging their interest in the Constitution 
and the political system.
  Again, I want to congratulate the students on their accomplishment. I 
also want to commend Harold Hart who leads the class with fellow 
attorneys Chris Hardman and Chuck Sparks and Lincoln teacher David 
Bailey. I ask that the names of the students be entered into the 
Record:
  Erica Barkost, Annie Birnie, Jayne Bleckmann, Brian Burk, Christl 
Denecke, Stephanie Greenman, Anna Jablonski, Anna Johnson, Jenifer 
Lassell, Melinda Leach, Sebald Linders, Elisa Beth Margolis, Colleen 
McCarthy, Halston McKiever, Aya Murase, Edward Murphy, Sara Nelson, 
Jennifer Neuwelt, Katherine Newbegin, Larisa Pennington, David 
Phillips, Molly Santana, David Sun, Sarah Teich, Angela Valdez, Kyen 
Waldron, and Angela York.

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