[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 51 (Monday, April 25, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E755-E756]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          TRIBUTE TO CH2M HILL

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                        HON. THOMAS G. TANCREDO

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 25, 2005

  Mr. TANCREDO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a local 
Colorado company, CH2M Hill. Since the December 26 Asian tsunami 
disaster, many Americans have looked into their hearts and reached 
their wallets in an effort to help alleviate suffering in Thailand, 
Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and other affected nations. The employees of CH2M 
Hill were no exception, quickly responding to the disaster not just 
with funds, but with critical know how and badly needed technical 
assistance.
  CH2M Hill was one of the first companies on the scene, and one of the 
most active in providing critical services to victims. They partnered 
with other companies to provide clean drinking water to people in 
Indonesia, setting up a mobile water treatment unit that is providing 
safe drinking water to the bulk of the population in Banda Aceh. The 
quality of the water is equivalent to bottled water, and is currently 
being provided throughout the area, including to the U.N. compound and 
more than 10 refugee camps. It was the first privately donated system 
up and running in the region, purifying water at the rate of 600 
gallons per minute, producing 864,000 gallons of purified water daily. 
This will help nearly a quarter-of-a-million people every day.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud of CEO Ralph Peterson and the employees of 
CH2M Hill. Their efforts are to be commended, and help demonstrate that 
the strength of America's compassion are always best measured by the 
efforts of individual citizens and private companies, not the number of 
government programs we create or the amount of federal money we 
appropriate.

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