Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to thank those young men and women who have served the people of Illinois and the country as staff assistants, legislative correspondents, and legislative assistants. I include in the Record a list of their names. Blanford, Thomas; Blanford, Meredith; Boyer, Davis; Cardon, Flavio (Amaya); Chang, Albert; Chiang, Alex; Clanahan, Chase; Culp, Grant; Daulby, Jen; Davidsmeyer, CD; DeWitt, Bret; Esposito, Tony; Flanigan, Matt; Goldenstein, Jim; Hatzis, Luke; Haverly, Jordan; Jamison, Reno; Johnson, Matt. Kirsh, Ari; Lange, Kelly (Childress); Lloyd, Amy (Mathews); Madden, Steve; Mateer, Mike; Mesack, Michelle (Yahng); Miniat, Charlie; Nordquist, Matt; Olson, Bill; Olson, Richard; Pfister, Sam; Reinhard, Courtney (Anderson); Risolute, Scott; Sarley, Chris; Schonert, Neil; Tvrdy, Joe; Uram, Steve; Wolf, Saralyn (Tucker); Youssefiani, Darius.
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