21034 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE September 22, 2005 These are only first steps. But THIRD ANNUAL CONGRESSIONAL forts of congressional conference dele- they’re important first steps that lift CONFERENCE ON CIVIC EDUCATION gate, Senator Valerie Wiener, a resolu- some of the pressure on these trauma- Mr. REID. Mr. President, Justice tion was passed by the Nevada Legisla- tized families. Louis Brandeis once said, ‘‘The only ture this year supporting efforts of the I want to assure these good people title in our democracy superior to that Nevada Department of Education in in- that the Senate remains of President is the title of citizen.’’ creasing the role of civics in the Ne- hard at work and focused on helping This statement illustrates the para- vada schools curriculum. them recover. We are committed to the mount importance that the citizen I find it particularly appropriate that well being of our fellow citizens. plays within these United States. And, the Congressional Conference on Civic America is a family. And we pull to- as such, we must continue to learn and Education convenes this week. Just gether in times of need. And we will teach what it means to be a good cit- last week, on September 17, we ob- grow closer, stronger and more com- izen. served Constitution Day, celebrating passionate as we confront the chal- ‘‘Civic education’’ is the term used to the brilliance of our founding docu- lenges ahead. describe the transmitting of knowledge ment and the essential role citizens and skills necessary for people to be- play in our democracy. f come responsible citizens. And our de- I am sure that the congressional mocracy is sustained and strengthened leadership joins me in expressing grati- when our citizens have these skills and tude to the many educators and State PATRICIA LYNCH tools. In fact, there is no more impor- delegations that make this conference Mr. REID. Mr. President, I rise to tant or urgent task than preparing this possible. We thank them for their time pay tribute to Patricia Lynch and to and future generations of Americans to and commitment to this important en- recognize the contributions of Ms. maintain our democracy. deavor. We look forward to learning Lynch to the State of Nevada. Patricia To advance the continuing impor- about their ideas and hearing of the Lynch was first elected Reno City At- tance of civic education, I am pleased progress made at next year’s con- torney in 1987 and is currently serving to announce that the Joint Leadership ference. her fifth term. She is a tremendous of the Congress of the United States Among those delegates who are in asset to our community and Nation. will host the Third Annual Congres- Washington, DC, are the following, For the past 20 years Ms. Lynch has sional Conference on Civic Education whose names I ask unanimous consent demonstrated a commitment to public on September 24–26 here in Wash- to have printed in the RECORD. service. She has performed countless ington, DC. There being no objection, the mate- hours of service to communities in The Congressional Conference on rial was ordered to be printed in the northern Nevada and helped to coordi- Civic Education will bring together RECORD, as follows: nate and direct the efforts of local educators and experts from all across Alabama: Ms. Janice A. Cowin, State charitable organizations. the country who work to promote civic Facilitator; Ms. Rebecca Beaty, Executive education and civic engagement at the Director, The American Village Citizenship Patricia began her career in public Trust; Representative Priscilla Dunn, Ala- service as a legislative assistant to state and local levels. I am pleased to serve as honorary host for the con- bama House of Representatives; Dr. Ethel Representative John E. Moss from 1975 Hall, Vice-President, Alabama State Board to 1977 in the United States House of ference, along with Majority Leader of Education; Dr. William P. Collins, Pro- Representatives; she is a current mem- FRIST, Speaker HASTERT, and Leader fessor, Samford University. ber of the board of directors of the PELOSI. Alaska: Ms. Mary Bristol, State The 2005 Congressional Conference on John E. Moss Foundation. Facilitator; Mr. Macon Roberts, Treasurer, Civic Education will emphasize the Anchorage School Board; Dr. Carl F. N. Patricia has also demonstrated un- state of civic education in America. In Rose, Executive Director, Association of wavering commitment to protecting an effort to restore the civic mission of Alaska School Boards; Ms. Krista Scully, the rights of women. She is a founding schools, each State is working on cre- Pro Bono Director, Alaska Bar Association; member and 1993 president of Northern ating a plan to promote civic education Mr. David Baranow, Chair, Law Related Edu- Nevada Women Lawyers Association. cation Committee, Alaska Bar Association. and engagement. Conferees will work Arizona: Senator Tim Bee, State Her membership on Nevada statewide to build upon these foundations built boards includes the Nevada Prosecu- Facilitator, Majority Leader, Arizona Sen- by participants and State delegations ate; Mrs. Lynda Rando, Assistant State tion Advisory Council, Nevada Domes- from the past two conferences. Facilitator; Representative Mark Anderson, tic Violence Prevention Council, and The Congressional Conference on Arizona House of Representatives; Ms. Kath- the Nevada Commission on Domestic Civic Education is the third of five an- leen Williams, Retired Teacher, Mesa Violence. nual conferences planned to focus pub- Schools; Senator Linda Gray, Arizona State In addition to her local and civic con- lic attention on the state of civic edu- Senate; Mr. Jeffrey Schrade, Director, LRE, Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & tributions, Patricia has served as an cation in America’s public schools. ambassador for the United States with- Education; Representative Jennifer Burns, This conference is sponsored by the Arizona House of Representatives. in the international legal community. nonpartisan Alliance for Representa- Arkansas: Ms. Barbara Patty, State She is a member of the World Jurist tive Democracy, and consists of the Facilitator; Representative Betty Pickett, Association, WJA, and has presented National Conference of State Legisla- Arkansas House of Representatives; Ms. Su- papers at WJA conferences in Kiev, tures, the Center on Congress at Indi- zanne McPherson, Director of Special Pro- Ukraine in 1998 and Budapest, Hungary ana University and the Center for Civic grams, Van Buren School District; Mr. in 1999. She has also served as the mod- Education. Through an act of Congress, Frank Smith, Social Studies Supervisor, Pu- laski County Schools; Ms. Margaret Herrick, erator for local government law panels the Alliance is funded by the Depart- at WJA conferences in Budapest, Hun- Social Studies Specialist, Arkansas Depart- ment of Education. ment of Education. gary in 1999, Dublin, Ireland in 2001, I am honored to recognize the work California: Mr. Roy Erickson, State and Adelaide, Australia in 2003. In Jan- of the Nevada delegation. The Nevada Facilitator; Mr. David W. Gordon, Sac- uary 2003, Patricia participated in Campaign for the Civic Mission of ramento County Superintendent of Schools; hosting the City Planner from Kabul, Schools is building on the previous suc- Mrs. Michelle Herczog, Consultant, Los An- Afghanistan in a tour of wastewater cess of the Nevada Commission on geles County Office of Education; Mr. Todd and drinking water facilities in Reno, Participatory Democracy. The Nevada Clark, Executive Director, Constitutional NV. Campaign has completed a benchmark Rights Foundation. Dr. Darline Robles, Su- perintendent, Los Angeles County Office of I hope you will join with me in hon- survey regarding the state of civic edu- Education; Mr. Gary K. Hart, Institute for oring the outstanding achievements of cation in the State and is planning the Education Reform, California State Univer- Patricia Lynch and the selfless life she First Nevada Civic Education Summit sity; Mr. Michael Hulsizer, Administrator, chose. for this December. Thanks to the ef- Kern County Superintendent of Schools; Mr.

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Facilitator; Dr. John Patrick, Indiana Uni- Secondary Education; Senator Gary Nodler, : Ms. Barbara Miller, State versity; Dr. Suellen Reed, Superintendent of Missouri General Assembly; Ms. Melissa Facilitator; Mrs. Maria Garcia-Berry, Presi- Public Instruction, Indiana Department of Randol, Associate Executive Director of dent, CRL Associates; Representative David Education; Senator Theresa Lubbers, Indi- Law, Missouri School Boards Association; Balmer, Colorado General Assembly; Senator ana State Senate; Representative Robert Representative Danielle Moore, Missouri Sue Windels, Colorado General Assembly; Behning, Indiana House of Representatives; House of Representatives. Ms. Jill Conrad, Director, Colorado Canopy; Mr. Dennis Lee, Birmingham & McHale Law Montana: Dr. Bruce Wendt, State Dr. Jane Urschel, Associate Executive Direc- Firm; Ms. Jill Baisinger, Social Studies Co- Facilitator; Senator Sam Kitzenberg, Mon- tor, Colorado Association of School Boards. ordinator, Indiana Department of Education. tana Senate; Ms. Brenda Wahler, Attorney, Connecticut: Dr. James Schmidt, State Iowa: Mr. Jason Follett, State Facilitator; State of Montana Child and Family Services; Facilitator; Ms. Sheila McKay, Government Senator Paul McKinley, Iowa State Senator; Representative Gary Branae, Montana House Relations, Connecticut Association of Boards Ms. Dianne Bystrom, Iowa State University. of Representatives; Honorable Linda of Education; Ms. Mary Skelly, Social Stud- Kansas: Ms. Lynn Stanley, State McCulloch, State Superintendent of Edu- ies Coordinator, Vocational-Technical Facilitator; Mr. Paul Stuewe, Teacher, Law- cation; Honorable Brad Johnson, Montana School System; Ms. Martha Press, Super- rence High School; Dr. Dan C. Yunk, CEO, Secretary of State. visor of Social Studies, Stratford Public Kansas Fann Bureau; Mr. Rick Reed, Educa- Nebraska: Mr. Mitch McCartney, State Schools. tor, McPherson High School; Dr. Randall Facilitator; Senator DiAnna Schimek, Mem- Delaware: Mr. Lewis Huffman, State Watson, Superintendent, McPherson School ber, Nebraska Unicameral Legislature; Joe Facilitator; Mr. Reginald Greenwald, District; Senator Roger Retiz, Kansas State Rowson, Assistant Vice President, Univer- Collette Educational Resource Center; Mr. Senate. sity of Nebraska; Mr. Ken Meyers, 9th Grade Ed Freel, Director of Policy, University of Kentucky: Dr. Deborah Williamson, State Social Studies Teacher, Wilcox-Hildreth Delaware, IPA; Mr. Fran O’Malley, Delaware Facilitator; Honorable Trey Grayson, Sec- High School; Mr. Larry K. Starr, Director of Social Studies Education Project, University retary of State of Kentucky; Ms. Natalie Social Science Education, Nebraska Depart- of Delaware. Stiglitz, Social Studies Coordinator, Ken- ment of Education; Ms. Doris Huffman, Ne- District of Columbia: Ms. Deborah Foster, tucky Department of Education; Ms. Robin braska State Bar Foundation. State Facilitator; Honorable Royce Chandler, Branch Manager, Kentucky De- Nevada: Ms. Judith Simpson, State Lamberth, Judge, U.S. District Court; Doug partment of Education; Representative Facilitator; Senator Valerie Wiener, Nevada Alexander, Newspapers in Education Coordi- Tanya Pullin, Kentucky House of Represent- State Senate; Assemblywoman Bonnie Par- nator, Washington Times; Ms. Carla Cart- atives; Ms. Polly Page, Northern Kentucky nell, ; Mr. Steve George, wright, Attorney, McKee, Nelson, LLP; Mr. University; Senator Jack Westwood, Ken- Public Information Officer, Office of the Sec- John Cruden, President District of Columbia tucky State Senate. retary of State; Dr. Keith Rheault, Nevada Bar Association; Ms. Jacquelyn Davis, Exec- Louisiana: Ms. Maria Yiannopoulos, State Superintendent of Schools. utive Director, New Leaders for New Facilitator; Senator Gerald Theunissen, Lou- New Hampshire: Mr. Mica B. Stark, New Schools. isiana Senate; Mr. E. Wade Shows, Attorney Hampshire Institute of Politics, State Florida: Ms. Annette Boyd Pitts, State at Law. Facilitator; Ms. Debby Scire, Executive di- Facilitator; Honorable Barbara Pariente, Maine: Mr. Patrick Phillips, State rector, Campus Compact, New Hampshire; Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Florida; Mr. Facilitator; Kala Clark, Legislative Youth Mr. Kenneth Relihan, Social Studies Con- John Doyle, Director, Division of Social Advisory Board; Kathryn Hunt, University of sultant, New Hampshire Department of Edu- Sciences, Dade County Public Schools; Ms. Maine; Theodore Sharp, Superintendent of cation; Ms. Debra Hamel, New Hampshire Dianne Wheatley Gilotti, President, Florida Schools, Gorham, ME; Representative Ste- State Board of Education. League of Women Voters; Ms. Levon Terrell, phen Bowen, Maine House of Representa- New Jersey: Ms. Arlene Gardner, State Social Studies Program Specialist, FL Dept. tives. Facilitator; Ms. Debra Casha, Vice Presi- of Education; Honorable Peggy A. Quince, Maryland: Ms. Marcie Taylor-Thoma, dent, New Jersey State Board of Education; Justice, Supreme Court of Florida; Ms. Mary State Facilitator; Ms. Sharon Cox, Presi- Mr. Phillip Brown, Center for Character Edu- Chiles, Office of U.S. Senator Bill Nelson. dent, Montgomery County Board of Edu- cation at Rutgers; Mr. Ramon De La Cruz, Georgia: Ms. Mary Stakes, State cation; Delegate David Rudolph, Maryland Director, Division of Elections, Office of the Facilitator; Representative David Casas, House of Delegates; Mrs. Julie Ayers, Stu- Attorney General; Assemblyman Craig A. Georgia House of Representatives; Dr. Bill dent Learning Specialist, Maryland State Stanley, New Jersey General Assembly. Cranshaw, Social Studies Program Spe- Department of Education; Senator Gwen- New Mexico: Ms. Dora Marroquin, State cialist; Mr. Eddie Bennett, Social Studies dolyn Britt, Maryland General Assembly. Facilitator, Secretary Rebecca Vigil-Giron, Supervisor, Cobb County Public Schools; Mr. Massachusetts: Ms. Diane Palmer, State New Mexico Secretary of State; Patricia William Cheeks, Businessman; Senator Dan- Facilitator; Senator Richard T. Moore, Mas- Concannon, Social Studies Consultant, New iel Weber, ; Ms. sachusetts Senate; Mr. Sheldon Berman, Su- Mexico Department of Education; Ms. Jen- Shalynda Warren, Regional Voting Edu- perintendent, Hudson Public Schools; Ms. nifer MacDonald, Curriculum Director; Rep- cation Coordinator. Susan Wheltle, Director, Office for the Hu- resentative; Teresa Zanetti, New Mexico Hawaii: Representative Lyla Berg, State manities, Massachusetts Department of Edu- House of Representatives; Ms. Leah Gutier- Facilitator, Hawaii House of Representa- cation; Mr. Roger Desrosiers, Social Studies rez Wier Instructional Manager, Albuquerque tives; Mr. Robert McClelland, Planning and Teacher, Millbury High; School Representa- Public Schools. Evaluation, Hawaii State Department of tive Michael Rush, Massachusetts House of New York: Dr. Stephen Schechter, State Education; Senator Norm Sakamoto, Hawaii Representatives. Facilitator; Ms. Rita Lashway, Deputy Exec- State Senate Representative; Roy Takumi, Michigan: Ms. Linda Start, State utive Director, New York State School Hawaii House of Representatives; Mr. Roger Facilitator; Mr. Chris Siebenmark, Office of Boards Association; Dr. John Bierwirth, Su- Takabayashi, President, Hawaii State Senator Ron Jelinek; Mrs. Kathleen Straus, perintendent, Herricks Union Free School Teacher’s Association. President, State Board of Education; Rep- District; Mr. Carl Onken, President Elect, Idaho: Dr. Dan Prinzing, State Facilitator resentative Hoon-Yung Hopgood, Michigan New York State School Boards Association; Justice; Linda Copple Trout, Idaho Supreme House of Representatives. Ms. Deborah Shayo, Director, Law, Youth & Court; Mrs. Parra Byron, Education Policy Minnesota: Ms. Jennifer Bloom, State Citizenship Program, New York State Bar Advisor, Office of the Governor; Dr. Marilyn Facilitator; Ms. Juanita Peterson, 1st Vice Assn.; Mr. Timothy Backus, Supervisor, So- Howard, State Superintendent of Public In- President, League of Women Voters Min- cial Studies, South Colonie Central School struction; Ms. Linda Clark, Superintendent, nesota; Ms. Dana Carmichael, Minneapolis District. Meridian Schools. Public Schools; Senator Jim Greenwalt, North Carolina: Ms. Kelley O’Brien, State Illinois: Dr. Patton Feichter, State Minnesota State Senate; Mr. Richard Facilitator; Representative Susan Fisher, Facilitator; Dr. Darlene Ruscitti, Regional Theisen, Past President, National Council North Carolina House of Representatives; Superintendent, DuPage County Schools; Dr. for the Social Studies. Representative Rick Glazier, North Carolina Carolyn Pereira, Executive Director, Con- Mississippi: Dr. Susie Burroughs, State House of Representatives; Ms. Margot stitutional Rights Foundation Chicago; Dr. Facilitator; Ms. Judith Couey, Curriculum Christensen, North Carolina League of Mu- Steven Klein, State Coordinator, Law Re- Director, Mississippi Department of Edu- nicipalities; Ms. Mollie Henderson, Social lated Education, Elgin School District; Rep- cation; Dee Chambliss, Assistant Secretary Studies Consultant, North Carolina Depart- resentative Suzanne Bassi, Illinois House of of State for Education & Publications. ment of Public Instruction; Ms. Sandra

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State Facilitator; Senator , Director, Curriculum Development, Texas Co-State Facilitator, ; Nevertheless, I note that many of my Education Agency; Ms. Michelle Ungurait, colleagues in the Congress are dog fan- Honorable , Attorney Gen- Director of Social Studies, Curriculum Divi- eral, State of North Dakota; Mr. Neil Howe, sion, Texas Education Agency; Ms. Mary Lee ciers, and the Senate is a strikingly Director, Division of Independent Study; Webeck, Assistant Professor, University of dog-friendly workplace. So it is fitting Representative Rae Ann Kelsch, North Da- Texas at Austin. that we pay tribute to a renowned peo- kota House of Representatives; Honorable Utah: Ms. Kathy Dryer, State Facilitator; ple-friendly breed of dog: the Samoyed. Mary Maring, Justice, North Dakota Su- Representative LaVar Christensen, Utah Legendary for their beauty, friendly preme Court. House of Representatives; Judge Judith Bil- spirit and heroic and historic treks to Ohio: Mr. Jared Reitz, State Facilitator; lings, Utah Court of Appeals; Mr. Ed Dalton, the North and South Poles, Samoyeds Ms. Linda Petz, Consultant for Social Stud- Member, Utah State Board of Education; pulled the adventurers of yesteryear to ies, Stark Educational Service Center; Rep- Senator Karen Hale, ; Mr. resentative Dixie Allen, Ohio House of Rep- new frontiers. Alan Griffin, Civic, Character and Service- Several hundred Samoyeds and their resentatives; Mr. Frank Underwood, Special Learning Specialist, Utah State Office of Projects and Initiatives, Ohio Community Education. humans will be pulling into Owensboro, Service Council; Ms. Lisa Duty, Education Vermont: Vee Gordon, State Facilitator; KY, in October for the Samoyed Club of Consultant, Ohio Department of Education; Secretary Deborah L. Markowitz, Secretary America’s ‘‘Simply Southern’’ National Ms. Patricia Allen Day, Executive Director, of State; Mr. Robert Paolini, Executive Di- Specialty. While I am pleased that Secondary Education, Dayton Public rector, Vermont Bar Association; Ms. Janel these noble dogs and their guardians Schools. Johnson, Civic Education Coordinator, Office will be visiting the Commonwealth, it Oklahoma: Ms. Lisa Pryor, State of the Secretary of State, State of Vermont; Facilitator; Representative Gary Banz, Okla- is, sadly, because of Hurricane Senator Donald Collins, Vermont State Sen- Katrina’s devastation in Biloxi, MS, homa House of Representatives; Ms. Gina ate; Mr. William Corrow, Vice-Chairman, Wekke, Campus Compact/Academic Affairs, where the event was originally sched- Vermont Board of Education; Representative uled to be held. So the SCA Specialty OK State Regents for Higher Education; Rep- Kathy Lavoie, Vermont House of Represent- resentative Bill Nations, Oklahoma House of atives; Margaret Sanchez, The Vermont this year is a hurricane evacuee, but in Representatives; Dr. Teena Nations, Direc- Youth Engagement Coalition; Mr. Kevin addition to contributing over $10,000 tor, Professional Development, OK Commis- Ryan, Director of Education and Commu- from show proceeds to animal rescue in sion on Teacher Preparation; Ms. Jean nication, Vermont Bar Association. the devastated region, the organizers Hendrickson, Executive Director, Oklahoma Virginia: Dr. Barbara Parry, Co State look forward to going back to a rebuilt A+ Schools. Facilitator; Dr. Steve Bragaw, Co State Oregon: Ms. Barbara Rost, State and newly vibrant gulf coast in the fu- Facilitator; Ms. Beverly Thurston, Spe- Facilitator; Ms. Marilyn Cover, Executive ture. cialist-History, Social Sciences, Virginia De- Director, Classroom Law Project; Represent- Samoyed dogs were named for the partment of Education; Delegate James Dil- ative Linda Flores, Oregon House of Rep- semi nomadic tribe which developed lard, Virginia General Assembly. resentatives; Ms. Kathleen Cornett, Oregon Washington: Mrs. Kathy Hand, State the breed. Living along the shores of Community Foundation; Ms. Cynthia Guyer, Facilitator; Mr. Steve Mullin, President, the Arctic Ocean, north of Russia and Executive Director, Portland Schools Foun- Washington Roundtable; Representative Siberia, they were one of the earliest dation. tribes of Central Asia. They depended Pennsylvania: Ms. Stephanie McKissic, David Upthegrove, Washington House of Rep- State Facilitator; Ms. Sue Perrotty, Chief of resentatives; Representative Dave Quall, upon their dogs to herd reindeer, pro- Staff, First Lady of Pennsylvania; Rep- Washington House of Representatives; Dr. tect against wolves, hunt bears, and resentative Dwight Evans, Pennsylvania Robert Butts, Assistant Superintendent, Of- even keep the children warm as they House of Representatives; Ms. Sabrina Hollo- fice of the Superintendent of Public Instruc- slept. Their endurance and intelligence way, Office of Representative Dwight Evans; tion. made the Samoyed dogs prized mem- West Virginia: Mrs. Priscilla Haden, State Mr. Jeffrey Zeiders, Pennsylvania Depart- bers of early European expeditions to ment of Education; David Trevaskis, Execu- Facilitator, Member, State Board of Edu- cation; Delegate Tom Campbell, West Vir- the Arctic and Antarctic. tive Director LEAP Kids PA. Borchgrevink, Amundsen, and : Mr. Michael Trofi, State ginia House of Delegates; Mr. Ben Beakes, Facilitator; Mr. James Parisi, Rhode Island Chief of Staff, West Virginia Secretary of Shackleton in the Antarctic, and Nan- Federation of Teachers & Health Profes- State; Mr. Bill Thomas, West Virginia Legis- sen and Abruzzi in the Arctic, counted sionals; Representative Edwin Pacheco, lative Reference and Information Center; Ms. on Samoyeds to explore the extreme Rhode Island General Assembly; Senator Regina Scotchie, Social Studies Coordinator, and then uncharted ends of the Earth. , Rhode Island General Assem- West Virginia Department of Education. The American explorers Fiala and bly; Representative , Rhode Is- : Ms. Dee Runaas, State Baldwin also used Samoyed sled teams. land General Assembly. Facilitator; Dr. Diana Hess, Assistant Pro- fessor, University of Wisconsin; Honorable Most of the Samoyeds in England and South Carolina: Ms. Beth DeHart, South the United States today are related to Carolina Bar Association; Mr. James Bryan, Elizabeth A. Burmaster, State Super- Social Studies Coordinator; Senator Robert intendent; Senator Luther Olsen, Wisconsin sled dogs from those expeditions. Hayes, South Carolina State Senate; Dr. State Senate; Dr. Richard Grobschmidt, As- Among them was Rex of White Way, Paul Home, Director of Curriculum and Pro- sistant State Superintendent, Department of who was renown as the lead dog on the gram Review, Education Oversight Com- Public Instruction; Lindsey Draper, Mil- U.S. Mail sled team that used to run mittee; Mr. Matthew Gates, Staff Attorney waukee County Children’s Court; Senator the 64-mile mail delivery route from SC House of Representatives; Senator John , ; Ms. Ashton, ID, to West Yellowstone, over W. Matthews, South Carolina State Senate. Beth Ratway, Social Studies Consultant, De- the 7000-foot Targhee Pass. Rex was a South Dakota: Dr. John Lyons, State partment of Public Instruction. superb canine athlete and hero. He Wyoming: Mr. Matt Strannigan, State Facilitator; Representative Gerald Lange, even learned to parachute on rescue South Dakota House of Representatives; Facilitator; Ms. Wendy Madsen, Legislative Mrs. Glena Fouberg, President, State Board Information Officer, ; missions that retrieved survivors of of Education; Representative Keri Weems, Senator Mike Massie, Wyoming State Sen- airplane crashes and a snowbound train South Dakota House of Representatives; Ms. ate; Mr. Geoff O’Gara, Member, Member, Wy- in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Al- Patty Pearson, Executive Director, Kids oming State Board of Education; Represent- though Samoyeds are a medium-sized Voting South Dakota. ative Rosie Berger, Wyoming House of Rep- dog ranging in weight from 35–65 Tennessee: Ms. Janis Kyser, State resentatives; Ms. Kristi Wallin, Coordinator, pounds, they are very strong. Rex of Facilitator; Dr. Ashley Smith, President, Wyoming Partnership for Civic Education. White Way broke the world weight-pull Tennessee Association of Middle Schools; f record in 1953 by pulling 1,870 pounds. Mr. Bruce Opie, Legislative Liaison, Ten- nessee Department of Education; Mr. Al Samoyeds have been described as ‘‘by SAMOYEDS STRUT STUFF IN nature . . . not a quarrelsome dog Mance, Executive Director, Tennessee Edu- OWENSBORO cation Association; Ms. Brenda Ables, Social though he will stand his ground for Studies Specialist, Tennessee Department of Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, it what he feels are his rights. Each Sam- Education. was President Harry Truman who ob- oyed is an individual, even from one

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