[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 128 (Saturday, August 4, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1743-E1744]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  STENNIS CONGRESSIONAL INTERN PROGRAM

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                            HON. BART GORDON

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, August 3, 2007

  Mr. GORDON of Tennessee. Madam Speaker, for 5 years now, the John C. 
Stennis Center for Public Service has conducted a program for summer 
interns working in congressional offices. This 6-week program is 
designed to enhance their internship experience by giving them an 
inside view of how Congress really works. It also provides an 
opportunity for them to meet with senior staff and other experts to 
discuss issues ranging from the influence of the media and lobbyists on 
Congress to Congress's power of the purse.
  The program is a joint effort of the Stennis Center and a collection 
of current and former senior congressional staff leaders who are 
serving as Senior Stennis Fellows. These fellows use their experience 
and expertise to design the program and to participate in each of the 
interactive sessions and panel discussions.
  Interns are selected for this program based on their college record, 
community service background, and interest in a career in public 
service. This year, 29 outstanding interns, most of them juniors and 
seniors in college, who are working for Democrats and Republicans in 
both personal and committee offices in the House and Senate 
participated.
  Mr. President, I congratulate the interns for their participation in 
this valuable program and I thank the Stennis Center and the Senior 
Stennis Fellows for providing such a unique experience for these 
interns and for encouraging them to consider a future career in public 
service.
  I ask unanimous consent that a list of 2007 Stennis congressional 
interns and the offices in which they work be printed in the Record.
     Yaser Ali of the University of Florida interning in the 
         Office of Senator Bill Nelson
     Sue Banerjee of Northwestern University interning in the 
         Office of Representative Nick Lampson
     David Bodner of Virginia Tech University interning in the 
         Office of Representative Howard Berman
     Andrew Briggs of Knox College interning in the Office of 
         Senator Herb Kohl
     Jeff Burdette of the University of Maryland interning in the 
         House Veterans' Committee
     Sarah Coppersmith of Washington University interning in the 
         Office of Representative Harry Mitchell
     Sarah Cummings of Bucknell University interning in the Office 
         of Representative Phil English
     Dominic Day of Vanderbilt University interning in the Office 
         of Representative Donna Christensen
     Marsha Dixon of the University of Florida Law School 
         interning in the House Ways and Means Committee
     Sean Evins of Rhodes College interning in the Office of 
         Senator Jim DeMint

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     Jason Ferguson of the University of Florida interning with 
         the House Homeland Security Committee
     Jim Goldenstein of the University of Illinois interning with 
         the Office of Representative John Shimkus
     Jason Griffith of the University of Colorado interning with 
         the Office of Representative Ed Perlmutter
     James Holcombe of the University of North Carolina interning 
         in the Office of Senator Elizabeth Dole
     Lori Ann Holland of Mississippi State University interning in 
         the Office of Senator Thad Cochran
     Ashley Howell of the University of Southern California 
         interning in the Office of Representative Ken Calvert
     Jason Knecht of Shippensburg University interning in the 
         Office of Representative Tim Holden
     Jenna Kubecka of Texas A&M University interning in the Office 
         of Representative Nick Lampson
     Jaime Lee of the University of Southern California interning 
         in the Office of Representative Howard Berman
     Ashleigh Leitch of the College of St. Benedict interning in 
         the Office of Senator Amy Klobuchar
     Kaylan Lytle of the University of Tulsa interning in the 
         Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
     Sara Major of George Washington University interning in the 
         Office of Representative David Obey
     Daniel Mannion of Notre Dame University interning in the 
         Office of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
     Dan Meehan of the State University of New York at Geneseo 
         interning in the House Transportation and Infrastructure 
         Committee
     Robyn Meyer of the College of St. Benedict interning in the 
         Office of Senator Amy Klobuchar
     Matt Pollard of the University of Exeter (England) interning 
         in the Senate Budget Committee
     Jasmine Vasquez of the DePaul University Law School interning 
         in the House Ways and Means Committee
     Ben Whitehair of the University of Colorado interning in the 
         Office of Representative Diana DeGette
     Amber Woodward of the University of Pennsylvania interning in 
         the Office of Representative Dennis Moore

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