[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 123 (Wednesday, August 24, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 24, 1994]
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        TRIBUTE TO NATIONAL KIDS VOTING DAY--SEPTEMBER 28, 1994

 Mr. DeCONCINI. Mr. President, I rise today to recognize Kids 
Voting USA and National Kids Voting Day, September 28, 1994.
  This program serves to reignite the spirit of democracy in this 
country by introducing students to the experience of voting on election 
day at official polling sites across the country as they are 
accompanied by their parents or guardians.
  National Kids Voting Day is significant in that it marks a time when 
all States can recognize the value of participatory democracy and the 
right, privilege, and responsibility to vote, since the peoples of so 
many nations, including our own, have fought and died for the right to 
this powerful act of liberty. National Kids Voting Day is significant 
in that it celebrates a program that engages diverse factions, 
encourages involvement with education in the home and enlightens 
through activity each community in which it is conducted. National Kids 
Voting Day is significant in that it acknowledges and acts on the 
importance of educating our youth about the tenets of a free society of 
which the responsibility to vote is inherent.
  I ask that my colleagues join me in recognizing this valuable program 
and Nationals Kids Voting Day.

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