[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 16 (Tuesday, February 15, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1435-S1436]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      CONGRATULATING THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Con. Res. 13, which was 
submitted earlier today by Senator Sununu.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the concurrent 
resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 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.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
concurrent resolution.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent 
resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to 
reconsider be laid upon the table, en bloc, and that any statements 
relating to the resolution be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 13) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The concurrent resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                            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 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;

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       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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