[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 12014-12015]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                       INDIA'S SANITATION CRISIS

  (Mr. BLUMENAUER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Madam Speaker, recent news has been filled with 
stories about the impact of India's sanitation crisis, like the NPR 
story about the horrific murder and rape of two young girls that could 
have been prevented if they didn't need to sneak out into the night to 
relieve themselves, leaving them vulnerable to attack.
  Today, The New York Times has a heartbreaking piece directly linking 
the root cause of India's malnutrition crisis to the lack of adequate 
sanitation.
  Many of the 162 million children under the age of five who are 
malnourished are suffering less from a lack of enough food and more 
from poor sanitation, and sadly, even those children who are lucky 
enough to survive are left with mental and physical deficits that will 
haunt them their entire lives.
  This crisis that leaves women vulnerable, needlessly ends lives 
early, and undermines economic growth has solutions. I would strongly 
urge my colleagues to join me and Judge Poe in sponsoring the Water for 
the World Act to make American efforts more effective, preventing the 
needless loss of a child's life every minute and the threat to young 
women and girls.

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