[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 67 (Friday, May 22, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S5424]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      OPERATION GRADUATION WEEKEND

  Mr. ASHCROFT. Mr. President, Operation Graduation is a six-state 
campaign devoted to the safety of high school seniors on graduation 
night. The campaign is designed to fund alcohol-free/drug-free 
graduation parties that are safe, memorable, and fun.
  In an effort to encourage high schools to hold alcohol-free/drug-free 
graduation parties, local cable systems in the Midwest are donating 
money to corresponding area high schools. This project also provides 
high schools with information kits containing an Operation Graduation 
How-to-Guide, pamphlets, and brochures on the dangers of drunk driving, 
and other resources for promoting Operation Graduation.
  Together, local cable system employees in Missouri are fighting to 
stop needless deaths on our roads and highways that result from 
reckless behavior on graduation night.
  I would like to commend all the people working to make the weekend of 
May 29, 1998, ``Operation Graduation Weekend.''

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