[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 26109]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                VOICES AGAINST VIOLENCE TEEN CONFERENCE

  (Mr. KIND asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KIND. Mr. Speaker, I would like to recognize the outstanding 
efforts of three of my constituents who are participating in the Voices 
Against Violence Teen Conference in the Capitol this week.
  Susan Yang is a senior from La Crosse Central High School. Susan has 
been involved in efforts to curb youth violence and drug use throughout 
her teens and is a real role model within the Hmong community in 
western Wisconsin.
  Lucas Meyers is a senior at Hudson Senior High School in Wisconsin. 
Lucas is the student body President and editor-in-chief of his school 
paper and is a natural leader involved in many aspects of his community 
and school.
  Finally, Sergeant Roger Barnes of La Crosse Police Department, who is 
a coordinator for the D.A.R.E. and the G.R.E.A.T. programs back home. 
Sergeant Barnes has dedicated his law enforcement career to the 
betterment of youth in our community and works tirelessly to see that 
all our children have better options in their lives.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to pay attention to what they and 
the other 350 students who have assembled here in the Capitol this week 
have to say at this conference so that we may work together in a 
bipartisan fashion to implement policy to prevent youth violence in all 
of our communities.

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