[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 23707]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             100TH ANNIVERSARY OF UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES

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                         HON. MARK STEVEN KIRK

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 30, 2003

  Mr. KIRK. Mr. Speaker, I would like to recognize the 100th 
anniversary of Northbrook, Illinois based Underwriters Laboratories 
Incorporated. For the past century, Underwriters Laboratories has been 
among the world leaders in providing global product safety assessment 
programs and services.
  Since it was founded in 1903, Underwriters Laboratories has published 
more than 880 Standards for Safety--for products ranging from fire-
rated buildings to information technology equipment to electrical 
household appliances. Beginning with Underwriters Laboratories' first 
Standard for Safety, the UL 10A for Tin-Clad Fire Doors, each standard 
is developed and maintained with input by UL engineers in conjunction 
with industry, government agencies, regulatory authorities, members of 
academia, and consumer advocates. Nearly two-thirds of UL Standards for 
Safety have been accepted by the American National Standards Institute 
as American National Standards. Underwriters Laboratories tells me that 
it remains responsive to external needs by participating in more than 
200 international technical committees, serving in leadership positions 
on many, in an effort to actively enhance safety globally and pursue 
harmonization of U.S. standards with international standards.
  Despite its tremendous growth and technological advancement, 
Underwriters Laboratories has remained faithful to its original 
mission: public safety. I am most proud to represent Underwriters 
Laboratories Incorporated. I congratulate them on this, the 100th 
anniversary of their inception, and I thank them for their innumerable 
contributions to standards development throughout our district and 
around the world.

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