For more than 150 years, messengers known as "pages" have served the United States Congress. Currently, approximately 100 young men and women from across the nation serve as pages at any given time. Pages must be high school juniors and at least 16 years of age. Pages must be appointed and sponsored by a Member of Congress for one or two semesters of a school year or a summer session. They are appointed on a rotating basis pursuant to criteria set by the House and Senate leadership, which determines the Members eligible to sponsor a page. Academic standing is among the most important criteria used in the final selection of pages. Prospective pages are advised to contact their Senators or Representative to request consideration for a page appointment.

Pages serve principally as messengers. They carry documents between the House and Senate, Members' offices, committees, and the Library of Congress. They also prepare the House and Senate chambers for each day's business by distributing the Congressional Record and other documents related to the day's agenda, assist in the cloakrooms and chambers, and when Congress is in session, sit near the dais where they may be summoned by Members for assistance.

For more information regarding the House page program, please visit: http://pageprogram.house.gov

**The privilege of nominating a page is rotated each year for different Members of Congress. Congresswoman Kilpatrick's office is not currently selected for the next round of nominations. At such time when my office is up for nominating a page, I will post the announcement on my Web site.