[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 104 (Thursday, June 20, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4162-S4163]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            TRIBUTE TO RECIPIENTS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL AWARD

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, today I wish to congratulate this 
year's winners of the Congressional Award. Established by Congress in 
1979, the award recognizes the achievements of young Americans between 
the ages of 14 and 23 years old and celebrates their accomplishment in 
four program areas: voluntary public service, personal development, 
physical fitness, and expedition/exploration.
  The award challenges participants to set goals in an area that 
interests them, encouraging them to pursue new interests and grow along 
the way. If they successfully achieve their goals, they earn bronze, 
silver, and gold certificates and medals. Through the program, these 
young Americans gain new skills, earn greater confidence, and position 
themselves to be productive citizens.
  Today, recipients of the gold medal will be presented with their 
Congressional Award at a ceremony here in our Nation's Capital. On 
behalf of the U.S. Senate, I would like to congratulate all of the 
winners for their accomplishments and for the example they set for 
others. Among this impressive group, my State of Kentucky is home to 
eight gold medalists. Through their efforts, the recipients of the 2019 
Congressional Awards are strengthening their communities and our 
Nation.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that a list of this year's 
recipients of the Congressional Award Gold Medal be printed in the 
Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

       Alabama: Warren Griggs.
       Arizona: Chantel Abdulai, Morgan Cryder, Ryan Jiang, Baya 
     Laimeche, Alexis Massie, Rosemary Richards.
       Arkansas: Sarah Douglass.
       California: Flora Ahn, Yuna Baek, Logan Bhamidipaty, Pooja 
     Bhatnagar, Madeline Brown, Abigail Brown, Amanda Cai, Andrew 
     Chang, Casey Chang, Ann Chen, Yujin Choe, Jiseon Choi, Jung-
     yoon, Choi, David Choung, Joshua Yoon-Ho Chung, Evelyn Chung, 
     Wesley Dale, Harmeen Dhariwal, Julia Dillenbeck, Joseph Dong, 
     Claire Fernandez, Teresa Fundter, Andrew Funk, Scott Funk, 
     Trenton Gin, Jeseung Han, Ye-Eun Han, Jennifer Ho, Andrew 
     Hong, Mirabel Zixin Hu, Jacqueline Huff, Priscilla Hui, 
     Dayeon Hwang, Seung Hyun Hwang, Justin Hyon, Carmina Inguito, 
     Andrew Jockelle, Mindy Jun, Sky Jung, David Jung, Rachel 
     Kang, Maisha Khanum, Ami Kim, Andrew Kim, AnneClare Kim, 
     Calvin Kim, Elissa Kim, Evan Kim, Grace Goeun Kim, Grant Kim, 
     Josephine Kim, Junhee Kim, Renny Kim, Stephanie Kim, Steve 
     Kim, Sungmin Kim, Tiffany Kim, Faith Kim, Alex Kim-Man 
     Klassen, Erin Kwak, Yohan Kwak, Chaerin Chloe Lee, Claire 
     Lee, David Lee, Ethan Lee, Ethan Lee, Jiin Lee, Jisung Lee, 
     Justin Lee, Kendra Lee, Seohyeong Lee, Suhwoo Lee, Sunghee 
     Lee, Jae Hoon Lee, Jay Lee, Jeong Eun Lee, Kelly Li, Tina 
     Xiaotian Li, Daniel Lim, Nicole Jiayi Liu, Mackenzie Lo, 
     Megan Loh, Vinit Majmudar, Kenichi Matsuo, Kevin Mok, Evan 
     Morgan, William Mun, Paris Nguyen, Hyerin Noh, Laura Noronha, 
     Yuna Oh, Anthony O'Leary, Sena Oten, Aylen Park, Brian Park, 
     Chelsie Park, Elisa Park, Esther Park, Hailey Park, Heejae 
     Park, Hyoungjin Park, Julie Park, Noah Park, Rachel Park, 
     Rachel Gia Park, Steven Park, Sung Yun Park, Weena Park, Eric 
     Park, Akshat Patwardhan, Grace Pecheck, Isha Pema, Cris 
     Plunkett, Nathan Pollon, Ethan Posard, Archit Raichura, Rene 
     Servin, Sophia Shi, Jaeyong Shim, Katherine Simic, Helen 
     Sohn, Joshua Son, Annette Son, Kenneth Song, Margaret 
     Sugarman, Albert Sun, Colman Sun, Seraphine Sun, Loyalty 
     Traster-Lee, Kenneth Jr. Um, Colin Wang, Jiahui Wang, Johnny 
     Young Wang, Chuhan Wen, Samantha Wong, Richard Wu, Jack Xiao, 
     Zifeng Xie, Qixiang Xiong, Andre Yeung, Aaron Yi, Danniel Yi, 
     David Dongwon Yi, Brian Yoon, Na Won Yoon, Patrick Yu, Emily 
     Yuan, Peter Ze, Tiffany Zha, Lin Yue Zhang, Yixuan Zhu.

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       Colorado: Nour Abouyoussef, Bahara Amiri, Adam Mohmand.
       Connecticut: Emily Bergwall, Jack Ferreira, Madison Henry, 
     Jake McGillion-Moore, James Munroe, Gabriella Owens.
       Florida: Lorraine Angelakos, Jessica Bennett, Jennifer 
     Carvel, Lauren Eavenson, Cole Ellis, Michael LaShon Everhart, 
     Katherine Gates, Alexander Goetschius, Keelie Hanley, Rileigh 
     Hanley, Royce Howley, Cassandra James, Hannah Komroff, Ruhika 
     Lankalapalli, Mark Lee, Connor Murphy, Maura Null, Harrison 
     O'Donnell, Ali Jean Paksima, Mariah Perez, Christian 
     Petrisko, Derek Petrisko, Lillian Pinkham, Matthew Powers, 
     Michael Powers, John R. Robinson, Tanner Smith, Taylor 
     Stevens, Lindsey Suncine, Sierra Tagman, Lillian Tougas, 
     Shravya Vasireddy.
       Georgia: Ridhi Choragudi, David Edenfield, Sophia Emmoth, 
     Baird Kazazian, Justin Lee, Manas Mudunuri, Cutler Shiver, 
     Albert Zhang.
       Hawaii: Emily De Wulf.
       Idaho: Aila Carr-Chellman, Asher Carr-Chellman, Jules Carr-
     Chellman, Sydney Davis, Kyler Liscinski, Quincey Lochard, 
     Jasmine Willis.
       Illinois: Ajay Balaraman, Max Bowman, Julia Canellis, 
     Robert Daniel Claud, Amanda Dynak, Jacob Furfine, Cole 
     Goggio, Michael Miller, Audrey Pack, Katherine Pack, Tristan 
     Taylor.
       Indiana: Thaddaeus Broussard, Sai Chalasani, Amanda 
     Feagans, Agrayan Gupta, Aryaman Gupta, Vahin Vuppalanchi.
       Iowa: Amy Ryan.
       Kansas: Jillian Gillen, Aasim Hawa, Lucas Lopatofsky, Aditi 
     Malay, John Tomlinson.
       Kentucky: Tierra Beard, Cammeron Durham, Benjamin Ferguson, 
     Lucas Fortwengler, Demetrius Gunn, Nathanael Sangster, Alex 
     Satterwhite, Alderic Senecal.
       Maryland: Candace Anderson, Joseph Farroha, Orion 
     Gangopadhyay, Alex Jin, Bridgette Kim, William Longsworth, 
     Thomas Pallan, Elizabeth Rice, Jonathan Simak, Benjamin 
     Smith, Robin Mia Tian.
       Massachusetts: Michael Akerson, McAllister Bianchi, Justin 
     Chang, Harsh Choudhary, Jean-Pierre De Jesus-De La Cruz, 
     Yanxin Ma, Dwyn McNeil, Connor Ryan.
       Michigan: Marvin Jiang.
       Minnesota: Avery Lehr.
       Mississippi: Jerry Clark, Jessi Davis, Taylor Fields, 
     Jessica Gates, Jonah Holland, Jacob Lindsey, Morgan Lyons, 
     Teiryne Miller, Cammie Moore, Kacilyn Pegues, Callie Philips, 
     Mikayla Shelton, Maurissa Shumpert, CJ Weddle, T'ajahlon 
     White.
       Missouri: Bree Baker, Andrew Harrison Fruend, Robert Trey 
     Fruend III, Abbey Grooms, Yijin Huang, Olivia Johanns, 
     Nathanial Marsters, Vivian Marsters, Trevor Rey, Caitlin 
     Souers, Divya Srihari.
       Nebraska: Mary Aumen, Ambrose Terneus.
       Nevada: Zachary Hammer, Ritvik Janamsetty, Salomee Levy, 
     Zane Pasha.
       New Hampshire: Sydney Richardson.
       New Jersey: Zachary Asselta, Eunice Bae, Tanvi Bekal, Andre 
     Biehl, Robert Cuff, Ciara DiMaiolo, Evan Doliszny, Caitlin 
     D'Souza, James Foran, Anushka Iyer, Julia Jeong, Kunal 
     Kanwar, Alexandra Kukal, James Joseph Laberee, Shannon Leahy, 
     Krishna Parikh, Khushi Patel, Krishant Putrevu, David Takacs, 
     Vicky Trieu.
       New York: Kristen Brennan, Muhammed Colak, Madison Gorman, 
     Blake Guzy, Becky Han, Joseph Hong, Tasneem Ibrahim, Saiomkar 
     Iyer, Baird Johnson, Henry Lin, Jacqueline McCabe, Hannah 
     Nyquist, Sophia Pao, Katherine Prior, Darshi Shah, Noah 
     Stiles, Jacqueline Sutera, Olivia Zhou.
       North Carolina: Abigail Amato, Lillian Amato, Angelina 
     Bayrak, Kamin Bond, Carson Cook, Rucheer Dave, William David, 
     Ashlyn Edmisten, Garrett Gerdau, Geoffrey Gerdau, Hattie Rose 
     Greene, Cole Heinrich, Kylah Jackson, Grayson King, Sruthi 
     Mannepalli, Aislinn Niimi, Alaina Randolph, Bryson Rose, 
     Brett Sims, Kristina Vaher.
       North Dakota: Lauren Knoll.
       Ohio: Sai Ashish Bommasani, Ryan Brady, Grace Cousens, 
     Rohan Desarapu, Paul Hager, Genevieve Hager van Carlowitz, 
     Shravan Kalahasthy, lshita Kode, Manaswini Nedunuri, Varshini 
     Odayar, Bailey Quitter, Pavan Raghupathy, Anjali Raju, Neha 
     Rokkam, Emmanuel Augustin Scaria, Chatura Tamirisakandala, 
     Samith Venkatesh, Heema Vyas.
       Oklahoma: Ted Bigler, Pat Kane, Olivia Stump.
       Oregon: Patrick Townsend.
       Pennsylvania: Victoria Jawork, Josef Mueller, Juan Aleman 
     IV, Ruby Chen, Rebekah Fodale, William Huang, Julia Jones, 
     Ayush Sharma, Allison Yang, Alec Yarnoff.
       Rhode Island: Grace Sowa.
       South Carolina: Gunnar Hensley, Bella Kissell, Garrett May, 
     Micah McKnight, Noah McKnight, Harrison Miller, Lucas Mayon.
       Tennessee: Andrew Engebretsen, Christine Li, Mitchell 
     Morrison.
       Texas: Smriti Ahuja, Siddhant Ahuja, Hunter Beaton, Todd 
     Christian, Paige Cromley, Connor Crowe, Saachi Dalal, Daniel 
     Garza, Ashley Gibson, Sachi Kalvakaalva, Mamoon Khalid, 
     Weronika Konwent, Shikha Lakhi, Jimmy Liu, Rehman Memon, 
     Raheem Memon, Fernando Miranda-Fred, Matthew Mitchell, Elias 
     Mosby, Samuel Mosby, Emily Kate Mosley, Rhea Mudnal, Grace 
     Nemec, Vishreshta Pathak, Nevedita Ramachandran, Nikita 
     Ramachandran, Cristian Roma, Ben Romero, Jana Sabri, Wilson 
     Sands, Allison Sharer, Ashley Sharer, Ashley Turnage, David 
     Wang.
       Utah: Dua Azhar, Daimion Davis, Katelin Drennan, Kimberly 
     Drennan, Fatima Faizi, Nihal Kariparduc, Thomas Klingonsmith, 
     Sarah Shwani.
       Vermont: Freedom Scott Guildford River Tansley.
       Virginia: Isaac Beasey, Annika Jenkins, Sarni Kandil, Anne 
     Kickert, Varun Kota, Madeleine LeBeau, Samantha Lee, Kasey 
     Mize, Manvi Punukollu, Timothy Rah, Kayla Rothstein, Melina 
     Seng, Ciara Smith, Sarah Valley.
       Washington: Hailey Farrington, Trevor McArthur, Arya 
     Selvam, Sarah Stewart, Phillip Wang, Rose Wittenmyer.
       Washington, DC: Lee Clyne.
       Wisconsin: Olivia McClain.
       Wyoming: Alice Attebery, Mercedes Bartels, Alyssa Bedard, 
     Sydney Bell, Makaylah Berkovitz, Madison Bindl, Abigael 
     Bylow, Elijah Cole, Mykenzie Dean, Samantha Dijohn, Noah 
     Dreiling, Abigail Fearneyhough, Emma Geringer, Andrew 
     Gronning, Logan Grosz, James Hayes, Sydney Holies, Isabelle 
     Houseman, Lane Hutchison, Caroline Johnson, Jayla Johnson, 
     Katie Johnson, Makala Johnson, Lorin Jones, Michaiah Jones, 
     Samantha Jurkowski, Maeve Knepper, Kamry Knotwell, Selena 
     Landa, Megan Leavitt, Araceli Ledesma, Carmen Leon, Arianna 
     Lewis, Taylor Maese, Jazy Manoukian, Zoey Mares, Mackenzie 
     Marler, Alyssa Miller, Claudia Miller, Audrey Mitchell, 
     Junuenth Morales, Abby Morillon, Quentin Moter, Johanna 
     Moter, Tommy Neal, Thanh Nguyen, Adelle Ostrom, Kendra 
     Ostrom, Tiffany Passehl, Cody Perkins, Julianna Pizzato, Ruth 
     Potter, Emily Purifoy, Haley Purifoy, Chloe Rankin, Dylan 
     Raymond, Nicole Reyes-Aguilar, Grace Ritschard, Lauren 
     Salsgiver, Kathryn Sauerwein, Camden Schmidt, Abigail 
     Shameklis, Jakob Shuey, Colby Stockton, Nicole Talkington, 
     Amelia Van Winkle, Cassidy Weibel, Eleccia Wells, Micayla 
     Whitfield, Taylor Wilson.

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