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Just a little something I recieved today.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release May 9, 2011
NATIONAL BUILDING SAFETY MONTH, 2011
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
Building safety is a critical component of our homeland
security, our personal and public safety, the protection of
property, and our economic well-being. While disasters have had
devastating and heartbreaking effects in our country and around
the world, modern building safety standards and fire prevention
codes help us withstand, mitigate, and rapidly recover from
hurricanes, winter storms, tornadoes, earthquakes, and floods.
It is our collective responsibility as a Nation --
nonprofit organizations and the public and private sectors -- to
implement effective standards and codes that sustain safe and
resilient structures. We need innovation and partnerships at
all levels of society to develop transformative breakthroughs in
building materials and construction techniques that strengthen
the integrity of our homes, workplaces, and commercial
facilities.
Building safety and fire prevention officials,
architects, engineers, design professionals, builders, and
others in the construction industry work every day to ensure the
sound construction of buildings and the safety of our citizens.
Their efforts to construct or retrofit buildings that utilize
state-of-the-art safety, energy efficiency, and fire prevention
standards are important to our national resilience and our
ability to compete in the 21st-century economy.
As a resilient Nation, we must continue to do everything
in our power to enhance our ability to withstand and rapidly
recover from natural and manmade disasters, disruptions, and
emergencies.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested
in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States,
do hereby proclaim May 2011 as National Building Safety Month.
I encourage citizens, government agencies, private businesses,
nonprofit organizations, and other interested groups to join
in activities that will increase awareness of building safety,
and I further urge Americans to learn more about how they can
contribute to building safety at home and in their communities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
ninth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand eleven,
and of the Independence of the United States of America the
two hundred and thirty-fifth.
BARACK OBAMA
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release May 9, 2011
NATIONAL BUILDING SAFETY MONTH, 2011
- - - - - - -
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
Building safety is a critical component of our homeland
security, our personal and public safety, the protection of
property, and our economic well-being. While disasters have had
devastating and heartbreaking effects in our country and around
the world, modern building safety standards and fire prevention
codes help us withstand, mitigate, and rapidly recover from
hurricanes, winter storms, tornadoes, earthquakes, and floods.
It is our collective responsibility as a Nation --
nonprofit organizations and the public and private sectors -- to
implement effective standards and codes that sustain safe and
resilient structures. We need innovation and partnerships at
all levels of society to develop transformative breakthroughs in
building materials and construction techniques that strengthen
the integrity of our homes, workplaces, and commercial
facilities.
Building safety and fire prevention officials,
architects, engineers, design professionals, builders, and
others in the construction industry work every day to ensure the
sound construction of buildings and the safety of our citizens.
Their efforts to construct or retrofit buildings that utilize
state-of-the-art safety, energy efficiency, and fire prevention
standards are important to our national resilience and our
ability to compete in the 21st-century economy.
As a resilient Nation, we must continue to do everything
in our power to enhance our ability to withstand and rapidly
recover from natural and manmade disasters, disruptions, and
emergencies.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested
in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States,
do hereby proclaim May 2011 as National Building Safety Month.
I encourage citizens, government agencies, private businesses,
nonprofit organizations, and other interested groups to join
in activities that will increase awareness of building safety,
and I further urge Americans to learn more about how they can
contribute to building safety at home and in their communities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
ninth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand eleven,
and of the Independence of the United States of America the
two hundred and thirty-fifth.
BARACK OBAMA
