[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 12833-12834]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            STENNIS CENTER PROGRAM FOR CONGRESSIONAL INTERNS

 Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, this summer marks the 13th year 
during which Congressional office interns have benefitted from a 
program operated by the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service 
Leadership. This 6-week program is designed to enhance the internship 
experience for exceptional college students by giving them an inside 
look at how Congress works and a deeper appreciation and understanding 
for the role that Congress plays in our democracy. Each week, the 
interns meet with senior congressional staff and other experts to 
discuss issues including the legislative process, the constitutional 
power of the purse, our government's separation of powers, the media, 
and other topics.
  Interns are selected based on their college records, community 
service experience, and interest in a career in public service. This 
year, 30 outstanding interns participated in the program. Most of them 
are juniors and seniors in college who are working in Republican and 
Democratic offices in both the House and Senate, including one intern 
in my office, John Bartley Boykin of Meridian, MS.

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  I congratulate the interns for their completion of this special 
program. I also thank the Stennis Center and the Senior Stennis Fellows 
for providing a meaningful experience for these young leaders and for 
encouraging them to consider a future in public service.
  I ask unanimous consent that a list of the 2015 Stennis Congressional 
Interns and the offices in which they work be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

       David Banta, attending Brigham Young University, interning 
     in the office of U.S. Representative Mia Love; Darius I. 
     Baxter, attending Georgetown University, interning in the 
     office of U.S. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton; Melissa Borom, 
     attending Valparaiso Law School, interning on the House 
     Committee on Appropriations; John Bartley Boykin, attending 
     the University of Mississippi, interning in the office of 
     U.S. Senator Thad Cochran; Erika Byun, attending Brown 
     University, interning on the House Committee on Education and 
     the Workforce Minority Staff.
       Dushani De Silva, attending the University of California 
     Santa Cruz, interning in the office of U.S. Representative 
     Sam Farr; Bethel Domfeh, attending George Mason University, 
     interning in the office of U.S. Representative C.A. ``Dutch'' 
     Ruppersberger; Luke Drachenberg, attending the University of 
     Wisconsin-Madison, interning on the Senate Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry; Autumn Duguay, attending 
     the University of Southern Maine, interning in the office of 
     U.S. Senator Angus King; Alison Galetti, attending the 
     University of Miami, interning in the office of U.S. 
     Representative Derek Kilmer; Greta Gormley, attending Loyola 
     University of Maryland, interning in the office of U.S. 
     Representative Thomas Rooney.
       Adam Gould, attending the University of Oregon, interning 
     in the office of U.S. Representative Ted Lieu; Connor 
     Hillard, attending Baylor University, interning in the office 
     of U.S. Representative Rodney Davis; Sarah Hochman, attending 
     the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, interning on 
     the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry; 
     Elise Johnson, attending the University of Rochester, 
     interning in the office of U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch; Garrett 
     Kays, attending Kansas State University, interning on the 
     Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry; 
     Iyesha Key, attending George Mason University, interning on 
     the House Committee on Education and the Workforce Minority 
     Staff; Carmel Mitchell, attending the University of 
     California, Irvine, interning in the office of U.S. 
     Representative Janice Hahn.
       Andrew Morley, attending St. John's University, interning 
     in the office of U.S. Representative Erik Paulsen; Kevin 
     O'Regan, attending the University College Dublin, interning 
     in the office of U.S. Representative Brendan Boyle; Anna 
     Pham, attending the University of California, Hastings 
     College of the Law, interning in the office of U.S. 
     Representative Alan Lowenthal; Perez Pickney, attending 
     Southern University A & M College, interning in the office of 
     U.S. Representative Ralph Abraham; Gabrielle Rosenfeld, 
     attending Middlebury College, interning in the office of U.S. 
     Representative Ted Lieu; Grant Schauer, attending Texas 
     A & M University, interning in the office of U.S. Senator Ted 
     Cruz.
       Patrick Sheehy, attending the University of Mary 
     Washington, interning in the office of U.S. Representative 
     John Shimkus; Colin Snider, attending Brigham Young 
     University, interning in the office of U.S. Representative 
     Adrian Smith; Edwin Torres, attending Saint John's 
     University, interning in the office of U.S. Representative 
     Janice Hahn; Alexandra Vangrow, attending Colgate University, 
     interning in the office of U.S. Representative Alan 
     Lowenthal; Katelyn Walker, attending George Washington 
     University Law School, interning in the office of U.S. 
     Representative Marcia Fudge; and Mai Tong Yang, attending the 
     College of St. Benedict, interning in the office of U.S. 
     Senator Al Franken.

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