Lofgren Sponsors San Jose Student Shaan Yadav-Ranjan as Congressional Page

May 15, 2006

Media Contact: Kyra Jennings, 202.225.3072, kyra.jennings@mail.house.gov

Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) announced today that her nomination of Shaan Yadav-Ranjan, a resident of San Jose and student at Leland High School, as a Congressional Page for the 2006 Summer Session was approved by the House leadership. Yadav-Ranjan will act as a messenger for the House of Representatives and gain first hand knowledge of the legislative process at the national level. He will be working as a page for the month of July.

“I am extremely excited to be able to offer Shaan this opportunity,” said Rep. Lofgren. “Shaan demonstrated his diligence and eagerness when he worked in my San Jose office as an intern, and I know he will represent San Jose well in our Nation’s Capitol. Myself and my entire staff look forward to working with him in the House this summer.”

Yadav-Ranjan has been a Commissioner of the Santa Clara County Youth Task Force for the last 4 years. In this position he represents over 42,000 youth, and has spoken on youth issues before the Human Relations Commission and presented workshops to middle school students on service learning. At Leland high school he is on the Varsity Debate and Football teams.

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