Honoring the Future Forum on its successful second Youth Congress and its commitment to issues that affect young people, recognizes the youth participants in Future Forum's town halls and youth congresses for their commitment to public service, and expresses its best wishes for continued success.

Whereas Future Forum is a caucus comprising 35 young members of Congress focused on issues important to young Americans; Whereas Future Forum aims to bridge the divide between young Americans and their government, engage with and empower young voters, and inspire the next generation of leaders in public service; Whereas millennial Americans are now the largest generational group of Americans at 22 percent of the population but only comprise 8.1 percent of the Federal workforce; Whereas it is critical that Congress work to increase the representation of young American voices in the Federal Government; Whereas Future Forum has partnered with youth-led organizations, including YouthInGov, Pay Our Interns, Young Invincibles, and March For Our Lives, to push for greater youth representation in government decisions, such as the successful initiatives to create an Office of Young Americans within the executive branch and extending the House Paid Internship program to include Committee interns; Whereas, on July 25 and 26, 2022, Future Forum hosted its second Youth Congress, the first Youth Congress in the Nation’s Capitol; Whereas participants and coordinators in the Youth Congress included Paola Arredondo, Tate Barrend, Jack Bosshardt, Kaytlin Brown, Madelyn Diaz, Carmen Evans, Amaya Flores, John Gameiro, Haley Grove, Rayne Hayes, Jupiter Huang, Giulio Iacoviello, Jack Katz, Danielle Kappler, Darcy Keenan-Mills, Xavier Kent, Edwidge Labbe, Morgan Levi, Diego Lopez, Alexis Matton, Cort McElroy, Abigail McWhirter, Sullivan Meyer, Meridian Monthy, Jenna Mu, Namya Mysore, Suraj Pandit, Abhi Patel, McKenzie Perkins, Chloe Raines, Bee Schaefer, Ambar Silveiro, Brandon Stokes, Ruhi Thapar, Aishat Tiamiyu, Michelle Tran-Duong, Callen Wallace, Rodney Wells, Greta West, Caleb Young, and Judy Zhang; Whereas Future Forum’s Youth Congress encouraged youth participants to learn about Congressional Committee structure and the legislative process; Whereas Youth Congress participants were given the opportunity to debate and be heard on the most important political issues to American youth; and Whereas Youth Congress provided networking opportunities essential to building a coalition of young leaders in government: Now, therefore, be it That the House of Representatives honors the Future Forum on its successful second Youth Congress and its commitment to issues that affect young people, recognizes the youth participants in Future Forum’s town halls and youth congresses for their commitment to public service, and expresses its best wishes for continued success.

Summary: This resolution honors the Future Forum on its successful second Youth Congress and its commitment to issues that affect young people, recognizes the youth participants in Future Forum's town halls and youth congresses for their commitment to public service, and expresses its best wishes for continued success. Future Forum is a caucus comprised of 35 young Members of Congress who are focused on issues important to young Americans.