June 20, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 104 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session
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TRIBUTE TO RECIPIENTS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL AWARD; Congressional Record Vol. 165, No. 104
(Senate - June 20, 2019)
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[Pages S4162-S4163] From the Congressional Record Online through the 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 and 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, encouraging them to pursue new interests and grow along the way. 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. Today, recipients of the gold medal will be presented with their Congressional Award 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 eight gold medalists. Through their efforts, the recipients of the 2019 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 Gold Medal be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Alabama: Warren Griggs. Arizona: Chantel Abdulai, Morgan Cryder, Ryan Jiang, Baya Laimeche, Alexis Massie, Rosemary Richards. Arkansas: Sarah Douglass. California: Flora Ahn, Yuna Baek, Logan Bhamidipaty, Pooja Bhatnagar, Madeline Brown, Abigail Brown, Amanda Cai, Andrew Chang, Casey Chang, Ann Chen, Yujin Choe, Jiseon Choi, Jung- yoon, Choi, David Choung, Joshua Yoon-Ho Chung, Evelyn Chung, Wesley Dale, Harmeen Dhariwal, Julia Dillenbeck, Joseph Dong, Claire Fernandez, Teresa Fundter, Andrew Funk, Scott Funk, Trenton Gin, Jeseung Han, Ye-Eun Han, Jennifer Ho, Andrew Hong, Mirabel Zixin Hu, Jacqueline Huff, Priscilla Hui, Dayeon Hwang, Seung Hyun Hwang, Justin Hyon, Carmina Inguito, Andrew Jockelle, Mindy Jun, Sky Jung, David Jung, Rachel Kang, Maisha Khanum, Ami Kim, Andrew Kim, AnneClare Kim, Calvin Kim, Elissa Kim, Evan Kim, Grace Goeun Kim, Grant Kim, Josephine Kim, Junhee Kim, Renny Kim, Stephanie Kim, Steve Kim, Sungmin Kim, Tiffany Kim, Faith Kim, Alex Kim-Man Klassen, Erin Kwak, Yohan Kwak, Chaerin Chloe Lee, Claire Lee, David Lee, Ethan Lee, Ethan Lee, Jiin Lee, Jisung Lee, Justin Lee, Kendra Lee, Seohyeong Lee, Suhwoo Lee, Sunghee Lee, Jae Hoon Lee, Jay Lee, Jeong Eun Lee, Kelly Li, Tina Xiaotian Li, Daniel Lim, Nicole Jiayi Liu, Mackenzie Lo, Megan Loh, Vinit Majmudar, Kenichi Matsuo, Kevin Mok, Evan Morgan, William Mun, Paris Nguyen, Hyerin Noh, Laura Noronha, Yuna Oh, Anthony O'Leary, Sena Oten, Aylen Park, Brian Park, Chelsie Park, Elisa Park, Esther Park, Hailey Park, Heejae Park, Hyoungjin Park, Julie Park, Noah Park, Rachel Park, Rachel Gia Park, Steven Park, Sung Yun Park, Weena Park, Eric Park, Akshat Patwardhan, Grace Pecheck, Isha Pema, Cris Plunkett, Nathan Pollon, Ethan Posard, Archit Raichura, Rene Servin, Sophia Shi, Jaeyong Shim, Katherine Simic, Helen Sohn, Joshua Son, Annette Son, Kenneth Song, Margaret Sugarman, Albert Sun, Colman Sun, Seraphine Sun, Loyalty Traster-Lee, Kenneth Jr. Um, Colin Wang, Jiahui Wang, Johnny Young Wang, Chuhan Wen, Samantha Wong, Richard Wu, Jack Xiao, Zifeng Xie, Qixiang Xiong, Andre Yeung, Aaron Yi, Danniel Yi, David Dongwon Yi, Brian Yoon, Na Won Yoon, Patrick Yu, Emily Yuan, Peter Ze, Tiffany Zha, Lin Yue Zhang, Yixuan Zhu. [[Page S4163]] Colorado: Nour Abouyoussef, Bahara Amiri, Adam Mohmand. Connecticut: Emily Bergwall, Jack Ferreira, Madison Henry, Jake McGillion-Moore, James Munroe, Gabriella Owens. Florida: Lorraine Angelakos, Jessica Bennett, Jennifer Carvel, Lauren Eavenson, Cole Ellis, Michael LaShon Everhart, Katherine Gates, Alexander Goetschius, Keelie Hanley, Rileigh Hanley, Royce Howley, Cassandra James, Hannah Komroff, Ruhika Lankalapalli, Mark Lee, Connor Murphy, Maura Null, Harrison O'Donnell, Ali Jean Paksima, Mariah Perez, Christian Petrisko, Derek Petrisko, Lillian Pinkham, Matthew Powers, Michael Powers, John R. Robinson, Tanner Smith, Taylor Stevens, Lindsey Suncine, Sierra Tagman, Lillian Tougas, Shravya Vasireddy. Georgia: Ridhi Choragudi, David Edenfield, Sophia Emmoth, Baird Kazazian, Justin Lee, Manas Mudunuri, Cutler Shiver, Albert Zhang. Hawaii: Emily De Wulf. Idaho: Aila Carr-Chellman, Asher Carr-Chellman, Jules Carr- Chellman, Sydney Davis, Kyler Liscinski, Quincey Lochard, Jasmine Willis. Illinois: Ajay Balaraman, Max Bowman, Julia Canellis, Robert Daniel Claud, Amanda Dynak, Jacob Furfine, Cole Goggio, Michael Miller, Audrey Pack, Katherine Pack, Tristan Taylor. Indiana: Thaddaeus Broussard, Sai Chalasani, Amanda Feagans, Agrayan Gupta, Aryaman Gupta, Vahin Vuppalanchi. Iowa: Amy Ryan. Kansas: Jillian Gillen, Aasim Hawa, Lucas Lopatofsky, Aditi Malay, John Tomlinson. Kentucky: Tierra Beard, Cammeron Durham, Benjamin Ferguson, Lucas Fortwengler, Demetrius Gunn, Nathanael Sangster, Alex Satterwhite, Alderic Senecal. Maryland: Candace Anderson, Joseph Farroha, Orion Gangopadhyay, Alex Jin, Bridgette Kim, William Longsworth, Thomas Pallan, Elizabeth Rice, Jonathan Simak, Benjamin Smith, Robin Mia Tian. Massachusetts: Michael Akerson, McAllister Bianchi, Justin Chang, Harsh Choudhary, Jean-Pierre De Jesus-De La Cruz, Yanxin Ma, Dwyn McNeil, Connor Ryan. Michigan: Marvin Jiang. Minnesota: Avery Lehr. Mississippi: Jerry Clark, Jessi Davis, Taylor Fields, Jessica Gates, Jonah Holland, Jacob Lindsey, Morgan Lyons, Teiryne Miller, Cammie Moore, Kacilyn Pegues, Callie Philips, Mikayla Shelton, Maurissa Shumpert, CJ Weddle, T'ajahlon White. Missouri: Bree Baker, Andrew Harrison Fruend, Robert Trey Fruend III, Abbey Grooms, Yijin Huang, Olivia Johanns, Nathanial Marsters, Vivian Marsters, Trevor Rey, Caitlin Souers, Divya Srihari. Nebraska: Mary Aumen, Ambrose Terneus. Nevada: Zachary Hammer, Ritvik Janamsetty, Salomee Levy, Zane Pasha. New Hampshire: Sydney Richardson. New Jersey: Zachary Asselta, Eunice Bae, Tanvi Bekal, Andre Biehl, Robert Cuff, Ciara DiMaiolo, Evan Doliszny, Caitlin D'Souza, James Foran, Anushka Iyer, Julia Jeong, Kunal Kanwar, Alexandra Kukal, James Joseph Laberee, Shannon Leahy, Krishna Parikh, Khushi Patel, Krishant Putrevu, David Takacs, Vicky Trieu. New York: Kristen Brennan, Muhammed Colak, Madison Gorman, Blake Guzy, Becky Han, Joseph Hong, Tasneem Ibrahim, Saiomkar Iyer, Baird Johnson, Henry Lin, Jacqueline McCabe, Hannah Nyquist, Sophia Pao, Katherine Prior, Darshi Shah, Noah Stiles, Jacqueline Sutera, Olivia Zhou. North Carolina: Abigail Amato, Lillian Amato, Angelina Bayrak, Kamin Bond, Carson Cook, Rucheer Dave, William David, Ashlyn Edmisten, Garrett Gerdau, Geoffrey Gerdau, Hattie Rose Greene, Cole Heinrich, Kylah Jackson, Grayson King, Sruthi Mannepalli, Aislinn Niimi, Alaina Randolph, Bryson Rose, Brett Sims, Kristina Vaher. North Dakota: Lauren Knoll. Ohio: Sai Ashish Bommasani, Ryan Brady, Grace Cousens, Rohan Desarapu, Paul Hager, Genevieve Hager van Carlowitz, Shravan Kalahasthy, lshita Kode, Manaswini Nedunuri, Varshini Odayar, Bailey Quitter, Pavan Raghupathy, Anjali Raju, Neha Rokkam, Emmanuel Augustin Scaria, Chatura Tamirisakandala, Samith Venkatesh, Heema Vyas. Oklahoma: Ted Bigler, Pat Kane, Olivia Stump. Oregon: Patrick Townsend. Pennsylvania: Victoria Jawork, Josef Mueller, Juan Aleman IV, Ruby Chen, Rebekah Fodale, William Huang, Julia Jones, Ayush Sharma, Allison Yang, Alec Yarnoff. Rhode Island: Grace Sowa. South Carolina: Gunnar Hensley, Bella Kissell, Garrett May, Micah McKnight, Noah McKnight, Harrison Miller, Lucas Mayon. Tennessee: Andrew Engebretsen, Christine Li, Mitchell Morrison. Texas: Smriti Ahuja, Siddhant Ahuja, Hunter Beaton, Todd Christian, Paige Cromley, Connor Crowe, Saachi Dalal, Daniel Garza, Ashley Gibson, Sachi Kalvakaalva, Mamoon Khalid, Weronika Konwent, Shikha Lakhi, Jimmy Liu, Rehman Memon, Raheem Memon, Fernando Miranda-Fred, Matthew Mitchell, Elias Mosby, Samuel Mosby, Emily Kate Mosley, Rhea Mudnal, Grace Nemec, Vishreshta Pathak, Nevedita Ramachandran, Nikita Ramachandran, Cristian Roma, Ben Romero, Jana Sabri, Wilson Sands, Allison Sharer, Ashley Sharer, Ashley Turnage, David Wang. Utah: Dua Azhar, Daimion Davis, Katelin Drennan, Kimberly Drennan, Fatima Faizi, Nihal Kariparduc, Thomas Klingonsmith, Sarah Shwani. Vermont: Freedom Scott Guildford River Tansley. Virginia: Isaac Beasey, Annika Jenkins, Sarni Kandil, Anne Kickert, Varun Kota, Madeleine LeBeau, Samantha Lee, Kasey Mize, Manvi Punukollu, Timothy Rah, Kayla Rothstein, Melina Seng, Ciara Smith, Sarah Valley. Washington: Hailey Farrington, Trevor McArthur, Arya Selvam, Sarah Stewart, Phillip Wang, Rose Wittenmyer. Washington, DC: Lee Clyne. Wisconsin: Olivia McClain. Wyoming: Alice Attebery, Mercedes Bartels, Alyssa Bedard, Sydney Bell, Makaylah Berkovitz, Madison Bindl, Abigael Bylow, Elijah Cole, Mykenzie Dean, Samantha Dijohn, Noah Dreiling, Abigail Fearneyhough, Emma Geringer, Andrew Gronning, Logan Grosz, James Hayes, Sydney Holies, Isabelle Houseman, Lane Hutchison, Caroline Johnson, Jayla Johnson, Katie Johnson, Makala Johnson, Lorin Jones, Michaiah Jones, Samantha Jurkowski, Maeve Knepper, Kamry Knotwell, Selena Landa, Megan Leavitt, Araceli Ledesma, Carmen Leon, Arianna Lewis, Taylor Maese, Jazy Manoukian, Zoey Mares, Mackenzie Marler, Alyssa Miller, Claudia Miller, Audrey Mitchell, Junuenth Morales, Abby Morillon, Quentin Moter, Johanna Moter, Tommy Neal, Thanh Nguyen, Adelle Ostrom, Kendra Ostrom, Tiffany Passehl, Cody Perkins, Julianna Pizzato, Ruth Potter, Emily Purifoy, Haley Purifoy, Chloe Rankin, Dylan Raymond, Nicole Reyes-Aguilar, Grace Ritschard, Lauren Salsgiver, Kathryn Sauerwein, Camden Schmidt, Abigail Shameklis, Jakob Shuey, Colby Stockton, Nicole Talkington, Amelia Van Winkle, Cassidy Weibel, Eleccia Wells, Micayla Whitfield, Taylor Wilson. ____________________
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