[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12731]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           FAREWELL TO PAGES

  (Mr. BISHOP of Utah asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, we don't very often get these 
opportunities. The kids who are at the back that you can't see because 
you're standing in front of them, this is the first time that we have 
ever had pages here not in two small groups but one summer group. These 
pages are going home this week, and they have had a chance to be here 
to see history in the making on several different fronts.
  The Page Board consists of Representative Foxx of North Carolina, 
Representative DeGette, and Representative Kildee, and me.
  I yield to the gentlelady from Colorado.
  Ms. DeGETTE. I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  I want to thank all of the wonderful pages who are in the back of the 
room. You have really seen history the last 6 weeks in this Congress, 
and we are so honored and proud to have all of you here with us.
  And this may not be my place, but we all want to welcome back our 
wonderful colleague Congresswoman Giffords here.
  Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I now yield to the gentleman from 
Michigan (Mr. Kildee).
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to 
express my personal gratitude to all the pages for what they have done 
here in the 112th Congress.
  To become a page, Mr. Speaker, these young people have proven 
themselves to be academically qualified.
  As we all know, the job of a congressional page is not an easy one. 
Along with being away from home, the pages must possess the maturity to 
balance competing demands for their time and their energy.
  You pages have witnessed the House debate issues of war and peace, 
hunger and poverty, justice and civil rights. You have lived through 
history.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the members of the House Page 
Board who provided such fantastic service to this institution. The 
chairman, Congressman Rob Bishop; the vice chairman, Congresswoman 
Diana DeGette; Congresswoman Virginia Foxx; Clerk of the House, Karen 
Haas; Sergeant at Arms; Bill Livingood; and Ms. Lynn Silversmith Klein.
  I want to thank them for the service on the House Page Board, and I 
thank the departing pages. And you've seen a wonderful bit of history 
take place today.
  Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Reclaiming my time, Mr. Speaker, I would like to 
insert in the official Record the page summer class.
  I ask this body to please recognize the pages for the services they 
have rendered.

                         2011 Summer Page Class

       Alexa Abbott, MI, Garrett Adair, CA, Eric Applegate, IN, 
     Sara Ballou, NY, Caitlin Belcher, WV, Eyvana Bengochea, FL, 
     Michael Berkowitz, FL, Cameron Bias, VA, Elizabeth Birkman, 
     TX, Grant Bradley, MI, Sophia Bucci, MA, Jasmine Sky Burnett, 
     GA, Clark Cali, CA, Thomas Cirone, NJ, Briyana Coleman, VA, 
     David Crane, NJ, Christina Cuellar, TX, Collin Czilli, IN, 
     Leesa Danzek, CA, Mary DeStefano, OH, Hannah Eaton, KY, 
     Sydney Everett, MO, Zachariah Frederic Ewen, VA, Christina 
     Fischer, VA, Jordan Fox, IL, BreAnna Fraser, NV, Joseph 
     Geiger III, PA, Taylor Gillespie, NY, Meredith Godfrey, VA, 
     Jessica Going, CA, Kevin Goshorn, NY, Austin Heckemeyer, MO, 
     Peyton Hilford, FL, Savana Hodge, TN, Elijah Jatovsky, CA, 
     Reid Jeffries, OH, Heber ``Nathan'' Johnson, UT, Mary Gray 
     Johnson, VA, Charlotte Kanyuh, WI, Caleb Markward, OH, Erik 
     Martin, MD, Jake Mattox, OK, Claiborne McCrery, LA, Brian 
     McKeon, OR, Grant McKown, GA, Grace Mehta, CA, Adam Mittman, 
     NY, Thomas Moakley, MA, James Park, FL, Elisabeth Parker, SC, 
     Jenna Pickering, AL, Caroline Schube, OH, Arthur Sellers, AL, 
     Paarth Shah, NY, Abigail Shriver, MD, Nicholas Pritzker, CA, 
     Michael-Joseph Richardson, OH, Amelia Santiago, TX, Michelle 
     Sauer, TX, Samantha Smith, MI, Stetson Spencer, AR, Michael 
     Stocker, PA, Benjamin Strawbridge, MA, Samantha Swartz, IL, 
     Genevieve Gray Taylor, NV, Ashley Tomasello, MI, Matthew 
     Ullman, NY, Andrea Walton, IN, Grayson Westmoreland, TN, 
     Sarai Whittington, NC, and Victoria Wilbur, IL.

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