[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 56 (Thursday, May 7, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S4553]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          WE THE PEOPLE . . . THE CITIZEN AND THE CONSTITUTION

 Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr President, I rise today to congratulate the 
students of East Brunswick High School, national champions of the We 
the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution. This program, 
administered by the Center for Civic Education and funded by the 
Department of Education, is the most extensive educational program in 
the country developed specifically to educate young people about the 
Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Competing against 50 classes, the 
East Brunswick High School students demonstrated their superior 
knowledge of the Constitution in three days of simulated Congressional 
hearings in which students were required to apply constitutional 
principles and historical facts to contemporary situations.
  These young scholars worked diligently to reach and win the national 
finals by winning local competitions in my home state of New Jersey. I 
am proud to recognize the distinguished members of the class 
representing New Jersey:
  Mian Amy, Michael Carr, Daniel Cohen, Michael Cohen, Stacie Dubin, 
Andrea Feit, Naomi Finkelstein, Christian Forsythe, Hillary Gallanter, 
Gina Gancheva, Heather Gershen, Brett Gursky, Denise Heitzenroder, 
Rachel Katz, Terry Lin, Jonathan Meer, George Mossad, Amanda Rosen, 
Joel Pruce, Niyati Shah, Naseer Siddique, Michael Sturm, Robert 
Thompson, Howard Wachtel, Ari Waldman, Jamie Yonks, Joanna Young.
  I would also like to recognize their teacher, John Calimano, who 
deserves much of the credit for the success of the class. The district 
coordinator, Robert Strangia, and the state coordinator, Evelyn 
Taraszkiewicz also contributed a significant amount of time and effort 
to help the class win the national finals.
  I commend these constitutional experts for their great 
achievement.

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