Jim Kolbe: “There was no question that almost all of us in the page program would not have survived the mentorship. I promised not…”

“There was no question that almost all of us in the page program would not have survived the mentorship. I promised not to tell you those kinds of things. Fortunately, it is on your last day anyhow, so you are probably not going to find time to do too many of those things today. The gentleman from Illinois was talking about the celebrity sightings. Some people would think there are celebrities enough here in the House of Representatives and in the Senate and with all the joint sessions that we have. But I remember not too long ago when I had that actor. What's his name? Oh, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie down in my office down below here on the first floor just below the Chamber here. {time} 1500 When I finished the meeting and came out, there were a bunch of secretaries and few pages there with their cameras, and I thought, wonderful, they want pictures of me. But no, none of them were interested at all in having a picture with me. It was this actor and actress that were there. So I guess we know that really Members of Congress are pretty second- rate when it comes to celebrity sightings, and sometimes maybe we are just a little bit of chopped liver. But I do want to say to you that this experience obviously is one that you may not realize it now, but you are going to carry away with you some very important things, some things that will change your life in ways that you probably cannot even imagine right now.…”