[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3256]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           WORLD PLUMBING DAY

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I now ask we proceed to S. Res. 393.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 393) designating March 11, 2012, as 
     ``World Plumbing Day.''

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent 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, and any statements be 
printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 393) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 393

       Whereas the industry of plumbing plays an important role in 
     safeguarding the public health of the people of the United 
     States and the world;
       Whereas 884,000,000 people around the world do not have 
     access to safe drinking water;
       Whereas 2,600,000,000 people around the world live without 
     adequate sanitation facilities;
       Whereas the lack of sanitation is the largest cause of 
     infection in the world;
       Whereas in the developing world, 24,000 children under the 
     age of 5 die every day from preventable causes, such as 
     diarrhea contracted from unclean water;
       Whereas safe and efficient plumbing helps save money and 
     reduces future water supply costs and infrastructure costs;
       Whereas the installation of modern plumbing systems must be 
     accomplished in a specific, safe manner by trained 
     professionals in order to prevent widespread disease, which 
     can be crippling and deadly to the community;
       Whereas the people of the United States rely on plumbing 
     professionals to maintain, repair, and rebuild the aging 
     water infrastructure of the United States;
       Whereas Congress and plumbing professionals across the 
     United States and the world are committed to safeguarding 
     public health; and
       Whereas the founding organization of World Plumbing Day, 
     the World Plumbing Council, is currently being chaired by GP 
     Russ Chaney, a United States citizen: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate designates March 11, 2012, as 
     ``World Plumbing Day''.

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