[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 27, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12-S13]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            1997 FALL PAGES

  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, when the first session of the 105th 
Congress ended last November, a group of young men and women also ended 
their term as United States Senate Pages. Today, I rise on behalf of 
the Senate to say ``thank you'' to these young people.
  Pages are an integral part of our daily life here in the Senate, and 
I salute them for their tireless service, and would like to express the 
appreciation of the Senate for their fine work.
  Many people, Senators included, may not fully appreciate the rigorous 
nature of page life. Their daily routine is not an easy one, and is one 
that begins early each morning. Senate pages rise early in order to 
attend classes. Upon concluding class work, the pages make their way to 
the Capitol to prepare for the day's session. Preparing the Senate 
Chamber for a day's session entails securing and placing on each 
Senator's desk the appropriate legislative documents that will be under 
discussion during the session, as well as securing supplemental 
documents that become available throughout the day.
  Pages are on the go constantly, and are called upon to perform a 
variety of tasks--in addition to their tasks associated with preparing 
the Senate chamber for daily sessions. These might include obtaining 
documents requested by individual Senators, running errands between the 
Capitol and the Senate office buildings, as well as assisting Cloakroom 
personnel at the regularly scheduled conference luncheons.
  Once the Senate has concluded business for the day, the pages return 
to their dorm and prepare for the next day's classes and, we hope, get 
some much-needed sleep. While a day in the life of a page is filled 
from morning to night, each page continually discharges his or her 
tasks efficiently and cheerfully.
  In the first session of the 105th Congress, these young people 
witnessed the enactment of a balanced budget agreement ironed out 
between the Administration and the Congress that will soon result in a 
balanced budget. This historic event was the result of months of 
negotiations and required both sides, Democrats and Republicans, to be 
willing to accede on policy issues of importance to each side--the give 
and take of the legislative process.
  Mr. President, our country's future lies with the generation of those 
young people who sit to the left and right of the Presiding officer.
  I hope that some of what the pages have witnessed here will inspire 
them to pursue a career of public service. As they have returned to 
their hometowns, perhaps they have taken with them an appreciation and 
better understanding of our system of government and the importance of 
the legislative process. Perhaps in the years ahead, one or more of 
that group will return here to serve as members of the Senate.
  Again, I say goodbye to the pages and hope that they all enjoyed 
their experience in the United States Senate. Speaking on behalf of my 
Democratic colleagues and all members of the Senate, we wish for them a 
bright and successful future.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the names of the 1997 
Fall Senate pages be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the names were ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                            1997 Fall Pages


                              REPUBLICANS

       Adamson, Justin, Idaho.
       Austin, Chesley, Vermont.
       Bowers, Jackson, South Carolina.
       Brown, Sarah, New Hampshire.
       Dorn, Lauren, South Carolina.
       Grade, Renee, Washington.
       Holson, William, Delaware.
       Jaussi, Richard, Utah.
       Johnson, Junior, South Carolina.
       Martira, Nancy, Rhode Island.
       Maurer, Michelle, Arkansas.
       McFerron, Ben, Maryland.
       Moody, Justin, Alaska.
       Ordner, David, Indiana.
       Parker, Marisa, Mississippi.
       Satcher, Bess, South Carolina.

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       Shevlin, Thomas, New York.
       Studdert, Michael, Utah.


                               DEMOCRATS

       Eschenbacher, Christian, Montana.
       Graff, Garrett, Vermont.
       Knowles, James, Oregon.
       Koontz, Megan, Iowa.
       Larson, Tiffany, South Dakota.
       Lichtblau, Daniel, New York.
       Miller, Anne, Massachusetts.
       Raizada, Avinash, Michigan.
       Soriano, Jennifer, Hawaii.
       Towns, Rachel, Wisconsin.
       Wiese, Dayton, South Dakota.

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