[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 16263-16264]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          RECOGNIZING THE STENNIS CONGRESSIONAL INTERN PROGRAM

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                            HON. BART GORDON

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 27, 2006

  Mr. GORDON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the participants 
in the Stennis Congressional Intern Program. For many years, the John 
C. Stennis Center for Public Service has enhanced the experience of a 
select group of summer interns working in congressional offices. The 
interns are provided with an insiders view of Congress through meetings 
with senior staff members and other experts to discuss the 
relationships Congress has with the legislative and executive branches, 
the media, the public and the private sector.
  The program is a joint effort of the Stennis Center and a group of 
current and former senior staff members who serve as Senior Stennis 
Fellows. These insiders draw on their experience and expertise in 
creating the program and participating in sessions with the interns.
  The outstanding interns selected to participate are chosen based on 
their college record, community service background and interest in a 
career in public service. This year, 30 interns, most of them juniors 
and seniors in college, have been working in personal and committee 
offices in the House and Senate.
  I congratulate these students for being chosen to participate in this 
exceptional program, and I thank the Stennis Center and the senior 
fellows for providing such a unique experience for these interns and 
for encouraging them to consider a future career in public service.
  This year's participants are David Benson-Staebler of St. Olaf 
College, interning in the office of Representative Jim Oberstar; Zeke 
Berzoff-Cohen of Goucher College, interning in the office of 
Representative John Oliver; Elizabeth Brady of the University of North 
Colorado, interning in the office of Senator Mike Enzi; Tenisha 
Callender of Loyola University, interning in the office of 
Representative James McGovern; Paul Cenoz of the University of Southern 
California, interning in the office of Representative John Campbell; 
Jessica Cohen of Syracuse University, interning in the office of 
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton; Rachel Dillard of Clemson University, 
interning in the office of Senator Jim DeMint; Stephanie Dreyer of 
Boston University, interning in the office of Senator Charles Schumer; 
Brittany Erickson of the University of Pennsylvania, interning in the 
office of Senator Kent Conrad; David Evans of Wake Forest University, 
interning in the office of Senator Mel Martinez; Jason Feld of the 
University of Pennsylvania, interning in the office of Representative 
Lynn Woolsey; Whitney Fogg of Yale University, interning in the office 
of Representative Connie Mack; Clark Fonda of the University of 
Southern California, interning in the office of Representative John 
Campbell; Sarah Hackett of Dickinson College, interning in the office 
of Senator Patrick Leahy; JC Hendrickson of American University, 
interning in the office of Representative Maurice Hinchey; Andrew Hill 
of Vanderbilt University, interning in the office of Representative 
Charlie Norwood; Abby Kirkbride of John Brown University, interning in 
the office of Senator Mike Enzi; Anne Kouri of Creighton University, 
interning in the office of Representative Ray LaHood; Mark Ladley of 
The Citadel, interning in the office of Representative Allyson 
Schwartz; Cassandra Long of the University of Central Florida, 
interning in the office of Senator Bill Nelson; Jonathan Lowrey of 
Northwest Missouri State, interning in the office of Representative Sam 
Graves; Meghan McCarthy of the College of William and Mary, interning 
in the office of Representative Rush Holt; Chris Nielsen of the 
University of South Dakota, interning in the office of Senator Tim 
Johnson; Edward Parkinson of the University of Witwatersrand, interning 
in the House Committee on Homeland Security; Sara Rafferty of the 
University of Oklahoma, interning in the office of Representative Phil 
English; Joshua Root of Cornell University, interning in the office of 
Representative John Olver; Eric Sandberg-Zakian of Yale University, 
interning in the office of Representative Rush Holt; Matt Seager of the 
College of Charleston, interning in the office of Senator Patrick 
Leahy; Eli Sevcik-Timberg of Wesleyan University, interning in the 
office of

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Representative Mel Watt; and Elizabeth Tran of Boston University, 
interning in the office of Representative Neil Abercrombie.

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