[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 13136]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL WE THE PEOPLE COMPETITION

 Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, it is with great pleasure that I 
rise before you today to commend the hard work and dedicated spirit of 
the students from Highland High School in Albuquerque, NM. These fine 
students competed in the National Finals of the We the People: The 
Citizens and the Constitution contest in Washington DC, from April 30-
May 2, 2005 against more than 1,200 students from across the United 
States.
  The We the People competition is a national tournament designed to 
forge a strong understanding of the U.S. government in the minds and 
hearts of our future leaders. Students compete to demonstrate their 
knowledge, not simply of how the government works, but of why it works, 
and how it is best able to provide for the protection of its people and 
their natural liberties.
  Programs such as this help to ignite the noble flame of civic duty 
and democratic spirit in the souls of our young people, and it is with 
great pride that I wish to commend the students of Highland High School 
for their placing in the top 10 of the Nation and received an honorable 
mention. These fine students and their teachers have demonstrated to 
everyone that the spirit of our founding fathers is alive and well 
today.
  I would like to congratulate Chad Adcox, Joseph Baca, Sarah 
Bellacicco, Hannah Doran, Katye Ellison, David Estrada, Stephen Ford, 
Elizabeth Jackson, Mia Kimmelman, Paul Kruchoski, Graceila Lopez, 
Joshua McComas, Samuel Montoya, Samantha Morris, Ngoc-Giao Nguyen, 
Maria Osornio, Martha Ramirez, Leon Richter-Freund, Julie Russell, 
Benjamin Trent and teachers Steve Seth and Bob Coffee.
  May Albuquerque, and New Mexico as a whole, continue to produce such 
fine examples for the youth of America, and may they use the knowledge 
and experience they gained with this program to help lead us all into 
the next generation of American freedom, prosperity, and honor.

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