A resolution commending students who participated in the United States Senate Youth Program between 1962 and 2007.

Whereas the students who have participated in the United States Senate Youth Program (referred to in this preamble as the Senate Youth Program) over the past 45 years were chosen for their exceptional merit and interest in the political process;

Whereas the students demonstrated outstanding leadership abilities and a strong commitment to community service and have ranked academically in the top 1 percent of their States;

Whereas the Senate Youth Program alumni have continued to achieve unparalleled educational and professional success and have demonstrated a strong commitment to public service on the local, State, national, and global levels;

Whereas the Senate Youth Program alumni have demonstrated excellent qualities of citizenship and have contributed to the Nation’s constitutional democracy, both professionally and in volunteer capacities, and have made an indelible impression on their communities;

Whereas each State department of education has selected outstanding participants for the Senate Youth Program;

Whereas the Department of Defense, Department of State, and other Federal departments, as well as Congress, have offered support and provided top level speakers who have inspired and educated the students in the Senate Youth Program; and

Whereas the directors of the William Randolph Hearst Foundation have continually made the Senate Youth Program available for outstanding young students and exposed them to the varied aspects of public service: Now, therefore, be it