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On the recordJanuary 27, 1995
I just wanted to join with my colleagues in saying to the young men and women that are with us here today, many of whom will be leaving, some of whom will be staying with us for their second semester and the rest of this session of Congress, or this first part of this session of Congress, that you had an extraordinary experience, and I think you probably all recognize that. As I look back on the experience myself, I think back to things that have had a formulative part, been a formulative part, of my life, and I think non has been more important that the experience that I had here as a page. In terms of giving me an appreciation for how the American Government works and an appreciation for the political process and a better understanding of those who serve us in Government, that they are humans, they are good, and some are bad, and some are indifferent, but they are humans in every single way, and I think that perhaps more than anything else that I took away from that experience it was that.
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Jim Kolbe
Arizona

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Reflecting on the experience of serving as a page in Congress.

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