[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 141 (Monday, October 18, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2118]
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RECOGNIZING PARTICIPANTS OF ``VOICES AGAINST VIOLENCE: A CONGRESSIONAL 
                           TEEN CONFERENCE''

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                         HON. MICHAEL F. DOYLE

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 18, 1999

  Mr. DOYLE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize three wonderful 
teenagers from my Congressional District. Miss Ashley Cole, a junior at 
Woodland Hills High School; Mr. Aniruddha Chatterjee, a senior at Fox 
Chapel High School and Mr. Jonathan Hobaugh, a senior at Elizabeth 
Forward High School will be representing Pennsylvania's 18th 
Congressional District in ``Voices Against Violence: A Congressional 
Teen Conference'' which began here in Washington this morning.
  This conference, which has brought together some 350 students from 
across the country, will enable young people from all walks of life to 
discuss their experiences and ideas for the causes and prevention of 
youth violence. The young people involved in the conference will 
participate in workshops covering a variety of issues including: 
violence in the media, hate crime prevention strategies and peer 
mediation training.
  Ashley, Aniruddha and Jonathan will participate in drafting a House 
Resolution, which will be presented for immediate consideration, 
stating the actions this Congress can take to help prevent youth 
violence.
  Prevention of violence by and against our Nation's youth is a top 
priority. I am honored to have three such fine young people work with 
us helping to find the solutions to this problem.

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