Trent Lott: “this week has been designated as Public Service Recognition Week and in keeping with the spirit of this important week I…”

“this week has been designated as Public Service Recognition Week and in keeping with the spirit of this important week I would like to take this opportunity to recognize the important contribution that the Jefferson Awards for Public Service have made over nearly three and a half decades. I am pleased to be joined by Senators Durbin, Lugar, and Biden is submitting this resolution commending the American Institute for Public Service and the importance of the Jefferson Awards for Public Service. The Jefferson Awards were established on a bipartisan basis in 1972 by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Senator Robert Taft, Jr., and Sam Beard. The awards honor individuals for their achievements and contributions through public and community service. Winners of the award for elected and appointed officials have included former Senators Robert Dole, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and John Glenn. Other winners include Rudoph Giuliani, Dr. Condoleezza Rice, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, and Robert Rubin. In addition, private citizens who have won the award include Walter Annenberg, Brian Lamb, and Oprah Winfrey. The Jefferson Awards have honored award recipients at the national level by placing them on a ``Who's Who'' list of outstanding citizens of the United States and at the same time have honored at the local level recipients as ``Unsung Heroes'' who accomplished extraordinary deeds for the betterment of the United States.…”