[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 10193]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        SENATE PAGE RECOGNITION

  Mr. LOTT. Madam President, this Friday is graduation day for the 
Senate pages. These young men and women are some of the hardest working 
employees of the Senate. They have a grueling schedule. Many people 
don't know that the pages go to school from 6:00 a.m. until the Senate 
opens, and are here even past the time the Senate gavels out. In the 
past few weeks we have had several late evenings, sometimes not leaving 
until after midnight. While most of the Senate employees go home and go 
to sleep, the pages do not. After work the pages have homework and 
studying to do. Their work is never done.
  They do an invaluable service for the United States Senate and get 
little acclaim. However the experience is extraordinary and one they 
will remember for the rest of their lives.
  Over the past semester the pages have been witness to several 
historical events. The State of the Union, the passing of the largest 
tax cut in history and being a part of an evenly divided Senate.
  I would like to take this opportunity to recognize each page and the 
State that they represent.
  Republicans: Kendall Fitch, South Carolina; Jackie Grave, Missouri; 
Elizabeth Hansen, Utah; Joshua Hanson, Indiana; JeNel Holt, Alaska; 
Adrian Howell, Mississippi; Eddie McGaffigan, Virginia; Mary Hunter 
(Mae) Morris, Alabama; Jennifer Ryan, Idaho; Megan Smith, Kentucky; O. 
Dillion Smith, Vermont; Garrett Young, New Hampshire;
  Democrats: Libby Benton, Michigan; Steve Hoffman, Vermont; Alexis 
Gassenhuber, Wisconsin; Kelsey Walter, South Dakota; Michael Henderson, 
South Dakota; Kathryn Bangs, South Dakota; Tristan Butterfield, 
Montana; Lyndsey Williams, Illinois; Joshua Baca, New Mexico; Andrew 
Smith, Texas.
  Congratulations to you all on a successful semester as a Senate page. 
We wish you the best of luck as you encounter all future challenges. 
Thank you for your patronage and service to the U.S. Senate.

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