[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16754]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          SENATOR PAUL SIMON WATER FOR THE WORLD ACT KEY FACTS

  (Mr. BLUMENAUER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, almost 1 billion people lack access to 
safe drinking water and basic sanitation. Sick children miss 300 
million school days a year from waterborne illness. And it kills 5,000 
children every day. Our Water for the World Act emphasizes building 
sustainable expertise in these troubled countries. Their version of the 
Water for the World bill passed out of the Senate Foreign Relations 
Committee unanimously, and it passed the full Senate unanimously. Our 
House version has over 80 bipartisan cosponsors. This legislation does 
not provide new money, but helps us focus existing resources much more 
effectively to save lives.
  I hope that our leadership on both sides of the aisle will schedule 
and support this important legislation, a symbol that we can work 
together while we help poor people around the globe.

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