Cory Booker: “I appreciate the great Senator from the State of Florida with a haircut that is almost as good as mine. Thank you, sir.…”

“I appreciate the great Senator from the State of Florida with a haircut that is almost as good as mine. Thank you, sir. Every year, the pages come through in cycles. I shouldn't say ``every year.'' There are multiple classes of pages. They are usually all extraordinary. This is an extraordinary class of pages. I have some issues with them, which I will air later. But one of the traditions that we have resurrected in this new Congress is the page poetry contest. And this time, we had just a very small--a paucity of pages participated. That is an alliteration: A paucity of pages participated. And we have a number of them. Katie Britt, in her eminent brilliance, and I have picked our top ones. Katie has picked one that I will mention, but we want to give these four of the six--I feel bad for the two we have left out. We want to give them our highest honors. But, first, the runner-up in the third position is Kaija. There you are. You are the No. 3. I would read your poem, but we don't have time. You are articulate. You are eloquent. I teared up when I read your poem. It was so powerful and prodigiously potent. And then the No. 2--before I read the two winners, the one selected by me and then the one selected by Katie Britt, the No. 2 is Holden. Where is Holden? Holden is over here as well. Holden, your poem, too, brought me to depths--depths and heights. It was to the nadir and to the zenith. It was very poetic, sir. You have talent as well.…”