[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14117]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             A TRIBUTE TO HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN HIGH SCHOOL

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                            HON. DAN BURTON

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, June 4, 2009

  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate 
the students of Hamilton Southeastern High School for receiving 
Honorable Mention at the annual ``We the People'' Contest recently held 
here in Washington, D.C. The ``We the People'' contest is a grueling 3-
day-long event where teams of students from every State of the Union 
and several U.S. Territories compete in a series of simulated 
congressional hearings to apply constitutional principles and 
historical facts to contemporary situations. The event culminates with 
the Top Ten teams conducting their mock hearings right here on Capitol 
Hill in either a Senate or House hearing room.
  I am proud to say that Indiana teams have made the Top Ten almost 
every year the competition has been held; and this year will mark 
Hamilton Southeastern High School's second trip to the Top Ten. I ask 
all my colleagues to join me in recognizing the outstanding Hoosiers of 
Hamilton Southeastern High School, students and staff, for their hard 
work and dedication to academic excellence. And I ask my colleagues to 
join with me to congratulate the Hamilton Southeastern High School 
Team--Teacher Jill Baisinger, and students, Kellie Devore-Gogola; Adam 
Gauthier; Alex Gillham; Caitlin Graovac; John Holt; Alana Kane; Matthew 
Knafel; Jaclyn Lauer; Matthew Lymbcropoulos; Mark Mace; Samuel Morgan; 
Eric Ogle; Jonathan Sorg; Julia Strzeskowski; and Mitchell West--for 
their outstanding performance at the 2009 ``We the People'' contest. I 
look forward to next year's competition when I'm sure that Hamilton 
Southeastern High School will not only be back in the Top Ten but win 
it all.

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