[areafiftyone]

U.S. Code as of: 01/26/1998

Sec. 88b-1. Congressional pages

(a) Appointment conditions
  A person shall not be appointed as a page of the Senate or House
of Representatives -
    (1) unless he agrees that, in the absence of unforeseen
  circumstances preventing his service as a page after his
  appointment, he will continue to serve as a page for the period
  specified in writing at the time of the appointment; and
    (2) until complete information in writing is transmitted to his
  parent or parents, his legal guardian, or other appropriate
  person or persons acting as his parent or parents, with respect
  to the nature of the work of pages, their pay, their working
  conditions (including hours and scheduling of work), and the
  housing accommodations available to pages.
(b) Qualifications
  A person shall not serve as a page -
    (1) of the Senate before he has attained the age of fourteen
  years; or
    (2) of the House of Representatives before he has attained the
  age of sixteen years.

[AppyPappy]

So they must be 16. Hmm....that's above the age of consent in most states.

[mewzilla]

(1) of the Senate before he has attained the age of fourteen

GOOD GAD. They're allowing 14 year olds to run around up there?!