[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 68 (Friday, May 26, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E998]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   COMMEND KIMBERLY BURNITZ FOR HER PARTICIPATION IN THE P3: PEOPLE, 
         PROSPERITY, AND THE PLANET STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION

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                           HON. JUDY BIGGERT

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 25, 2006

  Mrs. BIGGERT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to applaud the efforts of 
Kimberly Burnitz, and college student from Lockport, Illinois. Earlier 
this month, Kimberly and her team from Eastern Illinois University, 
came to Washington to compete in the P3--People, Prosperity, and the 
Planet--Student Design Competition.
  Sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency, the P3 design 
competition gives college-level students a chance to grow their 
technical and scientific skills by working on projects that address 
sustainability challenges faced by the developing world. After 
reviewing over one hundred proposals, the EPA provided grants to 41 of 
the most promising student projects that addressed these challenges 
while preserving the environment.
  Among the teams chosen to develop their project, the students of 
Eastern Illinois University worked on a unique initiative to increase 
drinking water supplies in rural Haiti and other developing nations. 
Through extensive research and testing, Kimberly's team devised locally 
feasible methods for Haitians to improve water cistern designs and 
repair cistern cracks.
  While not among the final winners of the contest, their innovative 
project truly embodied the objectives of the competition--to find 
environmentally friendly ways to raise living standards and foster 
economic growth in the developing world.
  Mr. Speaker, these are goals we can all agree on. Therefore, it is 
with great pleasure that I thank Kimberly for all her hard work, 
congratulate her team on their success, and wish them great success in 
all of their future endeavors.

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