[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 9629-9630]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            TRIBUTE TO RECIPIENTS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL AWARD

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, today I wish to congratulate this 
year's winners of the Congressional Award. Established by Congress in 
1979, the award recognizes the achievements of young Americans between 
the ages of 14 and 23 years old. It celebrates their accomplishment in 
four program areas: voluntary public service, personal development, 
physical fitness, and expedition/exploration.
  The Award challenges participants to set goals in an area that 
interests them. If they successfully achieve their goals, they earn 
bronze, silver, and gold certificates and medals. Through the program, 
these young Americans gain new skills, earn greater confidence, and 
position themselves to be productive citizens.
  Each year in June, these young people are presented their 
Congressional Awards at a ceremony here in our Nation's Capital. On 
behalf of the U.S. Senate, I would like to congratulate all of the 
winners for their accomplishments and for the example they set for 
others. Among this impressive group, my State of Kentucky is home to 
five medalists. Through their efforts, the recipients of the 2017 
Congressional Awards are strengthening their communities and our 
Nation.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that a list of this year's 
recipients of the Congressional Award be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:
       Alabama: Madison Haney.
       Arizona: Piyaporn Chivatanaporn, Ayesha Ahsan, Jacob 
     Cryder, Emily Hartzler, Jacob Matsumoto.
       California: Alannah Ruiz, Edward Jung, Nathaniel Chien, 
     Katie Wong, Abhiraj Chowdhury, Hannah Lee, Conrad Chu, Riya 
     Dholia, Ethan Teo, Kai Fisher, Megan Pollon, Minyoung Cho, 
     Michael Ngan, Reed Fundter, Hee Won Jung, Suzie Kim, Yoojin 
     Kim, Jonathan Liu, William Choi, Naomy Kim, Austin Noll, 
     Daniel Hong, YuYing Dai, Steven Gi, Hyeun Lee, Kayla Samini, 
     Alexander Kang, Tiffany Kim, Lina Kim, Pranit Kumaran, 
     Danielle Lee, Jihyun Woo, Sung Ho Woo, Jung Hyo Baik, Snghyun 
     Byon, Gordon Chan, David Huh, Jordan Jennison, Beom Kim, 
     Katherine Kim, Ha Young Kong, Brandon Lee, Connie Lee, Eric 
     Lee, Harris Liou, Hasan Liou, Jacob Nam, Daniel Jewon Choi, 
     Dean Colarossi, Connor Fiddler, Emily Ha, Jeimin Ha, Sonia 
     Kim, Yena Kim, Alice Lee, Tyler Nguyen, Peter Stewart, 
     Jennifer Yi, Yan Zhang, Hee Won Jung, Jamie Ostmann, Janice 
     Park, Katrina Chan, Jaeyub Chung, Alexander Scott, David Bao, 
     Jake Leung, Lauren Rennecker, Naomi Kim.
       Colorado: Edwin Bodoni, Spencer Christensen.
       Connecticut: Rachel Goldstein, Sydney Tabor, Ann Wechsler, 
     Christian Yon.
       Delaware: Kayleigh Barnes, Micah Petersen.
       Florida: John Finelli, Jean-Paul Recht, Joshua Florkowski, 
     Ronald Florkowski, Amir Kamrani, Alexis Behne Sharma, Julie 
     Bicknell, Stephanie Brookshire, Christian Cropp, James 
     Dowling, Nicole Ferruggia, Reece Haire, Caitlin Hiscock, 
     Garrett Holmes, Aalisha Jaisinghani, Rachel Maunus, Jack 
     McGinley, Ben Meyerson, Olivia Perez, Sofia Perez, Diana 
     Pinkham, Cameron Pirozzi, Jonathan Prokos, Shelby Russo, 
     Brianna Steidle, Sabrina Uvanile, Cali Vaughn, Jesse Katzeff, 
     Brendan Shipley, Jillian Hanley, Srijith Nair, Colleen 
     Murray, Sofia Santa-Cruz.
       Georgia: Margaret Silliman, Rachael Liu, Cristina Dalton.
       Idaho: Samuel Cuentas, Rebecca Levi, Christiana Stone, 
     Jesse Cole, Annabelle Day, Solveig Norton.
       Illinois: Natalia Czachorowski, Mary Kuprianczyk, Samia 
     Abdul-Qadir, Adam Koszyk, Jason Yang, Clayton Pope, DeAnna 
     Pope.
       Indiana: Lauren Ciulla, Matthew Frye, Emily Huff.
       Iowa: Susan Alverio.
       Kansas: Vasavi Garimella, Jared Gillen, Arjun Mahajan, Ryan 
     Mohamadi, Katherine Walsworth, Irfan Ansari.
       Kentucky: Katherine Speece, John Garland, Zachariah Kiser, 
     Mackenzie Rigney, Kayla Sears.
       Louisiana: Sean Thomas.
       Maryland: Hansel Motiram, Ryan Briscoe, Madeline Carwile, 
     Lucy Lee, WeiAnne Reidy, Alix MacKillop, Clara da Silva, 
     Nikhil Swaminathan.
       Massachusetts: Mikayla Steele, Alexandra Duplin, Ishan 
     Shukla, Harrison Theodore, Maria Theodore.
       Michigan: Emily Deese, Jeremy Tang, Emma Hicks, Sara 
     Trojanowski, Emily Prokop, Thomas Libcke.
       Minnesota: Emily Baer, Matthew Baer, Braden OConnor, Payton 
     Puerzer.
       Mississippi: Lane Mitchell, Abby Pitts, Mamie Albritton.
       Missouri: Olivia Hoijarvi, Allison Licavoli, Natalie 
     Dameron.
       Nebraska: Luis Sanchez-Romo, John Paul Terneus, Terese 
     Navarra, Ethan Nelson.
       Nevada: David Tegtmeyer, Sara Tegtmeyer, Neha Zafar, Taimur 
     Khalid.
       New Jersey: Satchel Bell, Funda Akilli, David Crain III, 
     Michael Doliszny, Madison Gandy, Marta Majewski, Amanda 
     Olivio, Urvi Patel, Anthony Uzzolina, Andrew Laberee, Dominic 
     Esposito, Christopher Lauria, Mitchell Lauria, Maya 
     Ravichandran, Allison Wetherell, Erica Wu, Rahul Yerrabelli, 
     Nicholas Coleburn, Ryan Robert Murphy, Vaed Prasad, Felicia 
     Aschettino, Madilyn Somers, Lindsay Fogel, Maura Herbertson, 
     Thiago Santos, Elena Boal, Priya Vulchi.
       New York: Heejin Han, Christopher Kim, Naome Sajnani, 
     Genevieve Bruen, Edward McCabe, Santo Tiralosi, Mahika Had, 
     Fiona Dubrosa, William Gregson, Allison Herskovitz, Zachary 
     Kunow, Kathleen Schofield, Lucas Zhao, Charles Siragusa, 
     Gabriel Curcione.
       North Carolina: Holly Hutcheson, Jacob Rowe, Emma Morris, 
     Thomas Douglas, Capri D'Souza, Caroline Fitzgerald, 
     Lauraleigh Guthrie, Jack Maginnes, Delaney Dunlap, Jenna 
     Viveiros, Bennett David, Ashley Jamison, Kathryn Ellis, 
     Jordan Feldman, Lawton Gresham.
       Ohio: Natalie Carter, Ellen Haney, Pakrush Katragadda, 
     Katherine Skelly, Max Lee, Hannah Addington, Arihant Chordia, 
     Vidur Prasad, Sanjana Yerubandi, Laurel Grae, Jaidev Sharma, 
     Alan Ai, Dusstyn Reynolds.
       Oklahoma: Luisamaria Rubio.
       Oregon: Kendall Fleshman, Megan Baumhardt.
       Pennsylvania: Nisha Arya, Joshita Varshney, Elizabeth 
     Belka, Victoria Belka, Noah Berkowitz, Seth Berkowitz, 
     Lindsay Fullerton, Samantha Gable, Jasna Janikic, Erin 
     Markham, Emily Matthews, Swathi Prakash, Anthony Radcliffe, 
     Kristen Sparhawk, Stephanie Waldstein, Indra Alagar, Jaya 
     Alagar, Krishnan Alagar, Rajan Alagar, Sarah Laible, Teja 
     Polisetty.
       Rhode Island: Aidan Sowa, Ryan Sowa.
       South Carolina: Maggie Bowyer, Mary Grace Shannon, Jeremy 
     Ward.
       Tennessee: Evan Ladd, Carmen Ross, Grant Gammon.
       Texas: Chelsea Parrott, Briana Gonzalez, Ruveyda Karaca, 
     Almaas Khan, Gopal Raman, Monica Attaway, Edward Cen, Adam 
     Hoffman, BJ Kim, Animate Mazurek, Miki Somosot, Srikar 
     Anantha, Tejna Dasari,

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     Ashish Dave, Shrey Derasari, Siri Jois, Emily Jue, Eric Li, 
     Rahul Popat, Charles Wang, Lauren Yang, Elizabeth Zhang, 
     Darrel Dennis, James Hefner, Jarrod Clark, Shan Su, Joseph 
     Nemec.
       Utah: Hannah Brau, Mariah Pay, Payam Rasheed, Sofia 
     Tiratto, Madison Arriaza, Saja Hassoun, McKenna O'Connor.
       Virginia: Caroline Yi, Jordan Hibbs, Kimberly Laker, Lisa 
     Huang, Pavan Krishnan.
       Washington: Andrew Chin, David Singleton, Benjamin Stewart, 
     John McManis, Rachel Demaree, Isabella Maehl, Katherine Chen, 
     Nathan Chen, Nicholas Grosinger, Alexandra Marsh, Jessica 
     Waller, William Waller.
       West Virginia: Alonzo Webb.
       Wyoming: Bailey Anderson, Grace Anderson, Lexi Bedard, 
     Maxwell Bockmann, Sara Brennecke, Molly Burns, Tanner 
     Laurence Christensen, Kaitlyn Erramouspe, Elexis Forgey, 
     Benjamin Gallagher, Daniel Garcia, Liam Guille, Charlotte 
     Hecht, Jarom Herring, Lily Joslin, Carli Knight, Konnar 
     Knotwell, Cassidy Little, Thomas Lubnau III, Gregory Marchal, 
     Patrick Marchal, Conner Martin, Luke McIlvain, Nicholas 
     Nelson, Megan Pachniak, Giovanni Pizzato, McKenzie Powell, 
     Devrrae Russell, Karen Russell, Meagan Skolnick, Jaycie 
     Wells, Ben Wetzel.

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