[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 70 (Friday, May 17, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E699]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     HONORING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF 
                        METROPOLITAN PITTSBURGH

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                         HON. MICHAEL F. DOYLE

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 17, 2013

  Mr. DOYLE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Builders 
Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh, which is celebrating its 75th 
anniversary of serving the region's housing needs tonight.
  The Builders Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh--``BAMP''--is one 
of the oldest builders associations in the country. Founded in 1938 by 
a group of South Hills builders as the Home Builders Association of 
Allegheny County, it has grown to serve the home building and related 
industries in all the counties of southwestern Pennsylvania. BAMP was a 
founding member of a group of local associations that established the 
National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) in 1942, and the 
Pennsylvania Builders Association (PBA) in 1952.
  BAMP members, past and present, have a long history of service to the 
home building industry and its trade association at the local, state 
and national levels. It boasts the only member from Pennsylvania to 
have ever served as President of NAHB--J. Roger Glunt in 1993--who was 
also inducted as a member of the National Housing Hall of Fame. Several 
of its others members have served as president of the state association 
as well as on state and national governmental agencies of importance to 
housing. Even more are leaders in the communities in which they build 
and live, in my district in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Many of today's 
members are second, third and, in some instances, fourth generation 
home builders and tradesmen.
  In service to their community, members of BAMP give individually and 
collectively in an effort to improving our community and helping our 
neighbors in need. BAMP has organized countless community service 
projects throughout its 75 years of existence, lending its members' 
expertise to building or repairing community assets as well as helping 
to improve homes for citizens in need of assistance.
  I wish to congratulate them on their 75th anniversary.