[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 16 (Tuesday, February 15, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1434-S1435]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 13--CONGRATULATING ASME ON THEIR 125TH 
    ANNIVERSARY, CELEBRATING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF ASME MEMBERS, AND 
      EXPRESSING THE GRATITUDE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR ASME'S 
                             CONTRIBUTIONS

  Mr. SUNUNU submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
considered and agreed to:

                            S. Con. Res. 13

       Whereas in 2005, ASME, incorporated in 1880 as the American 
     Society of Mechanical Engineers, celebrates its 125th 
     anniversary as one of the premier professional organizations 
     focused on technical, educational, and

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     research issues of the engineering community;
       Whereas ASME plays a key role in protecting the welfare and 
     safety of the public through the development and promulgation 
     of over 600 codes and standards, including codes governing 
     the manufacture of boilers, pressure vessels, elevators, 
     escalators, petroleum and hazardous liquid pipelines, cranes, 
     forklifts, power tools, screw threads and fasteners, and many 
     other products routinely used by industry and people in the 
     United States and around the world;
       Whereas ASME, through its 120,000 members, works diligently 
     to ensure the provision of quality science, technology, 
     engineering, and mathematics education for young people as a 
     way to foster and encourage the advancement of technology;
       Whereas industrial pioneers and ASME members such as Thomas 
     Edison, Henry Ford, and George Westinghouse helped to build 
     ASME's engineering society even as ASME was helping to build 
     the economy of the United States;
       Whereas ASME members help to ensure the development and 
     operation of quality and technologically advanced 
     transportation systems, including automobile, rail, and air 
     travel;
       Whereas ASME members contribute to research and development 
     that identifies emerging and future technical needs in 
     evolving and multidisciplinary areas;
       Whereas ASME continues to provide quality continuing 
     education programs designed to keep engineers at the cutting 
     edge of technology; and
       Whereas in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the 
     United States of September 11, 2001, ASME members have 
     intensified efforts to develop technologies for homeland 
     security and the protection of the critical assets of this 
     Nation: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That the Congress--
       (1) congratulates ASME on its 125th anniversary;
       (2) recognizes and celebrates the achievements of all ASME 
     members;
       (3) expresses the gratitude of the people of the United 
     States for ASME's contributions to the health, safety, and 
     economic well-being of the citizenry; and
       (4) directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit an 
     enrolled copy of this resolution to the president of ASME.

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