[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 76 (Friday, June 12, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6290-S6291]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      FAREWELL TO THE SENATE PAGES

  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I want to say farewell to a wonderful 
group of young men and women who have served as Senate pages over the 
last five months, and thank them for the contributions they make to the 
day-to-day operations of the Senate.
  This particular group of pages has served with distinction and has 
done a marvelous job of balancing their responsibilities to their 
studies and to this body.
  Page life is not easy. I suspect few people understand the rigorous 
nature of the page's work. On a typical day, pages rise early and are 
in school by 6:15 a.m. After several hours in school each morning, 
pages then report to the Capitol to prepare the Senate Chamber for the 
day's session.
  Throughout the day, pages are called upon to perform a wide array of 
tasks--from obtaining copies of documents and reports for Senators to 
use during debate, to running errands between the Capitol and the 
Senate office buildings, to lending a hand at our weekly conference 
luncheons.
  Once we finish our business here for the day--no matter what time--
the pages return to the dorm to prepare for the next day's classes and 
Senate session and, we hope, get some much-needed sleep.
  Even with all of this, they continually discharge their tasks 
efficiently and cheerfully.
  This page class had the good fortune to be present on the Senate 
floor for several landmark votes, including NATO expansion and IRS 
reform.
  I hope before they leave they will see us pass a comprehensive 
national bill to reduce teen smoking.
  It seems to me that would be a fitting way to thank these particular 
young people for their service to their country.
  I hope every person in this page class gained some insight into the 
need for individuals to become involved in community and civic 
activities.
  The future of our nation strongly depends on the generations who will 
follow us in this august body.
  I look forward to the possibility that one or more of this fine group 
of young people will return as a Member of the U.S. Senate.
  Mr. President, I would like to read into the Record the names and 
hometowns of each of the Senate pages to whom we are saying goodbye 
today.
  They are: Philip Amylon, North Scituate, RI; Sarah Argue, Little 
Rock, AR; Marisa Boling, LaCrosse, WI; Sara Cannon, Seaford, DE; Colin 
Davis, Sioux Falls, SD; Laney Fitzgerald, Montgomery, AL; Sarah Flynn, 
Nashua, NH; Sarah Fowler, Kansas City, MO; Julia Le, Wilbraham, MA; 
Bari Lurie, Milwaukee, WI; Monique Luse, Farmington Hills, MI; Shana 
Marshall, Scottsburg, IN; Josh Melgaard, Pierre, SD; Sina Nazemi, 
Woodinville, WA; Georgia Sheridan, Santa Fe, NM; Michael Stahler, 
Lyndonville, VT; Angela Swanson, Springville, UT; Dan Teague, Concord, 
NH; Amanda Anderson, SC; Ashley Anderson, SC; Hunter Holmes, SC; Erin 
Lindsay, SC; Jennifer Lowry, UT; Stacie Seigler, SC; Tamarah Siegel, 
RI; and Bradley Wolters, WI.

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  I am sure all of my colleagues--I know all of my colleagues join me 
in thanking these fine young men and women and wish them well as they 
proceed to a new phase of their life. We thank them for their services. 
We thank them for being who they are. We thank them for being so good 
at what they were to us over the last several months.
  Mr. President, I yield the floor, and I note the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. HAGEL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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