III 110th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 722 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 8 (legislative day, November 20), 2008 Mr. Specter submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Recognizing January 2, 2009, as National Advertising Specialty Day.

Whereas an advertising specialty is any item imprinted with a logo or slogan and given out to promote a company, organization, product, service, special achievement, or event; Whereas the presidential campaign of George Washington first used advertising specialties in the United States in 1789, in the form of collectible buttons; Whereas there are more than 750,000 varieties of specialty advertising; Whereas the advertising specialty industry employs more than 344,000 professionals across the United States, and 85 percent of these professionals are employed by small- or medium-sized businesses, some of which gross up to $1,000,000 per year; Whereas the advertising specialty industry has grown an average of 4 percent each year since 2003 and reached $19,600,000,000 in 2007; Whereas advertising specialties accounted for 14 percent of all tracked advertising spending in the United States in 2007; and Whereas the advertising specialty industry accounts for more than 9,000 jobs in Pennsylvania: Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate— (1)recognizes January 2, 2009, as National Advertising Specialty Day; and (2)acknowledges the contributions the specialty advertising industry makes to the economy of the United States.