[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 99 (Friday, July 19, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S7126]
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           HONORING THE INVENTION OF MODERN AIR CONDITIONING

  Mrs. LINCOLN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Con. 
Res. 128 and that the Senate then proceed to its immediate 
consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the concurrent resolution.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 128) honoring the 
     invention of modern air conditioning by Dr. Willis H. Carrier 
     on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to the consideration 
of the concurrent resolution.
  Mrs. LINCOLN. I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent resolution 
be agreed to en bloc, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table 
en bloc, that any statements relating thereto be printed in the Record, 
without further intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 128) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The concurrent resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                            S. Con. Res. 128

       Whereas on July 17, 1902, Dr. Willis H. Carrier submitted 
     designs to a printing plant in Brooklyn, New York, for 
     equipment to control temperature, humidity, ventilation, and 
     air quality, marking the birth of modern air conditioning;
       Whereas air conditioning has become an integral technology 
     enabling the advancement of society through improvements to 
     the Nation's health and well-being, manufacturing processes, 
     building capacities, research, medical capabilities, food 
     preservation, art and historical conservation, and general 
     productivity and indoor comfort;
       Whereas Dr. Carrier debuted air conditioning technology for 
     legislative activity in the House of Representatives Chamber 
     in 1928, and the Senate Chamber in 1929;
       Whereas the air conditioning industry now totals 
     $36,000,000,000 on a global basis and employs more than 
     700,000 people in the United States; and
       Whereas the year 2002 marks the 100th anniversary of modern 
     air conditioning: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That Congress honors the invention of modern air 
     conditioning by Dr. Willis H. Carrier on the occasion of its 
     100th anniversary.

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