[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Pages 352-353]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              SENATE PAGES

  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I also join the majority leader in 
expressing our heartfelt gratitude to this page class for their 
contribution over these past many months. This has been a challenging 
time for the Senate, for a lot of reasons. They have served us very 
well.
  As the majority leader noted, it is always difficult for a young 
person to combine the roles of student and page each and every week, 
getting up early, working, as they do, as students first and then as 
pages in carrying out their many responsibilities on the Senate floor.
  I know I speak for all Senators in expressing our gratitude to them. 
They have heard the noise of democracy firsthand at full volume. They 
have been spectators, as well as participants. I hope that what they 
have witnessed and experienced will lead them to come back in other 
roles in public service in the future, whether it is at a staff level, 
an elected level, or an appointed level. Their involvement and their 
opportunities for future roles in government and public service could 
not be greater or more appreciated.
  We welcome them back as we bid them farewell. We hope their ambitious

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character and the lives they have already experienced will encourage 
them to look for more opportunities to serve their country.

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