Senator Inouye employs approximately 20 full-time employees in his Washington, D.C. office; there are approximately 16 employees in Hawaii. He selects his interns on the basis of academic performance, letters of recommendation, and a writing sample. His intern program is not limited to Hawaii students. Students with ties to Hawaii are encouraged to apply.
The Senator generally selects between four to six students to serve on his staff for the summer. Senator Inouye receives approximately 40+ applications for summer internships. For the fall and spring semesters, the Senator usually selects two to three college students who are in the Washington, D.C. area attending school or participating in an internship program through their respective school.

Description of Program
Each intern will perform a variety of tasks. They are broken down into two categories: clerical/support and legislative. While these tasks may seem menial, they provide an intern with the opportunity to learn about the inner working of a congressional office, as well as the inner workings of Capitol Hill.

Clerical/Support: Set forth below are the primary tasks that the interns perform to assist the Senator's staff.

Legislative: Set forth below are some of the responsibilities that our interns perform under the supervision of the Senator's legislative assistants.

• attending hearings and preparing summary memos for appropriate legislative assistant and the Senator
• preparing memos for the Senator on legislation
• joining assistants in meetings with constituents and lobbyists on legislation
• attending seminars on a particular subject and the legislative process
• performing research for assistants and the Senator on a particular topic.

Interns attend our full staff meetings, as well as our legislative staff meetings. Lastly, each summer intern is required to submit a research paper to the Senator at the end of their internship. The issue is selected by the intern and the Senator. The Senator is hopeful that the paper will have a lasting impression on the student. The purpose of this paper is to provide the intern with an opportunity to learn a new issue, one that he/she would not otherwise be exposed to.

Documents to submit:

• cover letter providing background information on yourself and your reason for applying for an internship
• resume
• short writing sample
• two letters of recommendation.

Deadlines:
Summer -- March 31st
Fall -- July 31st
Spring -- October 31st

For additional information please contact Senator Inouye's intern coordinator in the Washington, D.C. office at (202) 224-3934 or via  email.

Senate Page Program

Each year, I have the opportunity to select one or two young people to serve as Senate Pages. Page eligibility is limited to juniors in high school who will be 16 or 17 years old on or before the date of appointment. Pages play an important role in the day-to-day operation of the Senate. Their duties consist primarily of delivery of correspondence and legislative material within the Congressional complex. Other duties include taking messages for Members, calling them to the phone, preparing the Chamber for Senate sessions and carrying bills and amendments to the desk. A rotation system is practiced so that every Page has an opportunity to experience the various areas of service. There are thirty Page positions in the United States Senate which serve its one hundred Members, therefore not all of the Senators are able to appoint pages. While serving as pages, young people continue their high school education by attending the U.S. Senate Page School. A Page's academic day begins at 6:l5AM. Classes extend until 9:30AM, unless the Senate convenes at an earlier hour.

Pages whom I appoint are required to live in the Daniel Webster Page Residence Hall during the school year.

If you wish to be considered for a Senate Page position, please contact my Page coordinator at 202-224-3934 or via email.