Political Quotes

“Mr. President, on March 22, countries around the world will celebrate World Water Day--a day to mark the progress we have made protecting this most important resource and to reflect on the many challenges we still face in providing clean, safe water to the world's poor. In 2005, Congress in a bipartisan effort, passed the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act to establish American leadership on this issue. The bill had the support of then-Majority Leader Bill Frist and then-Congressman Henry Hyde in the House. President George W. Bush signed the bill into law. The bill was appropriately named after my predecessor in the Senate, Paul Simon, who was years ahead of many others recognizing the importance of water. This act has already done a great deal to help bring clean water and sanitation to the world's poor. But we can do more. That is why today Senators Corker, Reid, Roberts, Cardin, Isakson, Leahy, and I are reintroducing the Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act. This bill would improve the original Water for the Poor Act--by strengthening America's ability to provide clean water and sanitation to 100 million of the world's poor within six years of enactment. Tragically, today nearly 1 billion people still lack access to safe drinking water, and more than 2 billion still lack basic sanitation. Lack of access to stable supplies of water is reaching critical proportions, particularly for agricultural purposes.…”