[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1239]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                        TRIBUTE TO SENATE PAGES

 Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, the Senate must bid goodbye today 
to an excellent group of young men and women who served as United 
States Senate Pages this last fall and winter.
  This group of pages observed a number of important and historic 
debates in the last few months. Since the beginning of last fall, the 
Senate has debated measures to reform our nation's bankruptcy laws, to 
govern commerce over the Internet, and to provide funding for the 
varied programs of the United States government, among others. Of 
course, in the last few weeks, these pages have seen history being made 
in the impeachment trial of a President for only the second time since 
our government was founded. But pages are not just passive observers. 
They are active participants in the daily operations of the United 
States Senate.
  Mr. President, a page's life is certainly not easy. They are up 
before dawn, at page school at 6:15 am, then here in the Senate for the 
rest of the day. While they are here, their duties run the gamut. They 
help set up the chamber, deliver messages all over the Capitol complex, 
and help things function smoothly here on the Senate floor and in the 
cloakrooms. During their limited down time, they often try to sneak in 
a few minutes of homework. At the end of their long day, it is back to 
the dorm for more homework, a little down time, and a little sleep 
before they wake up and do it again the next day.
  On behalf of all Democratic Senators, I would like to thank this fall 
and winter's pages for their hard work and contributions to the Senate, 
and I ask that a list of the 1998 fall and winter pages be printed in 
the Record at the conclusion of my remarks.
  I hope each member of this page class takes back to his or her home 
state a better knowledge of how their government works and a better 
appreciation of the need to work together to achieve a common goal. 
These young people are our future leaders. Measured by their brief 
service here in the United States Senate, we should all feel confident 
about our country's future. Perhaps someday, one or more of them will 
return as Members of the United States Senate.
  The list follows:

                         1998 Fall Senate Pages


                               democratic

       Hilary Davis, Virginia.
       George Etheridge, Michigan.
       Mark Hadley, Virginia.
       Jennifer Johnston, Vermont.
       Cara Lane, South Dakota.
       Lauren Luellwitz, Wisconsin.
       Andrew Mezvinsky, Pennsylvania.
       Anna Santiago, Illinois.


                               republican

       Erin Anderson, Vermont.
       Molly Arico, Rhode Island.
       Rick Carroll, Delaware.
       Jessica Day, New Hampshire.
       Denise Foye, South Carolina.
       Courtney Johnson, Arkansas.
       Lauren Martindale, Georgia.
       John Natter, Alabama.
       Mejken Poore, Utah.
       Michael Rohrbaugh, Missouri.
       Russell Sample, Idaho.
       Tim Shumaker, Kentucky.
       Erin Tankersley, Mississippi.
       Sara Van Doren, Washington.
       Trenton Young, Utah.

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