Mitch Landrieu: “As a wonderful Senator from New Mexico, and also as a father of many girls and a grandfather, I know the Senator can…”

“As a wonderful Senator from New Mexico, and also as a father of many girls and a grandfather, I know the Senator can appreciate the day we are celebrating today, which is Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. We have literally hundreds of young people who are in the Chamber today. They have been around the Senate and the House celebrating this very special day, seeing their parents at work in the Senate and in the Capitol, not only as elected officials but as the staffers and support staff. I have 20 young ladies with me today, nieces and friends from Louisiana, from Alabama, and from the Washington area. I am going to submit all of their names for the Record to show that they spent a day working in the Senate with me and with some of the other Senators and have seen firsthand the work that goes on. I want to acknowledge MS Magazine Foundation that started Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day to thank them for organizing this effort where there are thousands, maybe perhaps millions, of young people who have taken a day out of their school work to go to the various places where Americans are working to contribute to making this country of ours a better country and this world a better place. As we celebrate Earth Day today, which is also very important as we focus on the environment, I wanted to acknowledge this day.”