[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 39 (Monday, March 18, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S1911]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    NATIONAL ASBESTOS AWARENESS WEEK

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Judiciary 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 66, and 
the Senate proceed to its consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 66) designating the first week of 
     April 2013 as ``National Asbestos Awareness Week.''

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, this is a very important resolution. 
Thousands and thousands of people died from asbestos exposure. It is a 
dreadful product. People who have been exposed to it can get sick 30, 
40, 50 years later. People who washed somebody's clothes who worked 
with asbestos can get sick and die. So I appreciate very much Senator 
Baucus and the others who sponsored this legislation.
  I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the 
preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, with no intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 66) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  (The resolution, with its preamble, is printed in the Record of 
Thursday, February 28, 2013, under ``Submitted Resolutions.'')

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