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Access to clean water shouldn’t be a controversial issue. Amiright?

The Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2013 presents an amazing opportunity for Congress to pass bipartisan legislation that will have a real impact on thousands of lives across the globe. The Water for the World Act helps ensure that our water and sanitation programming is targeted to help the world’s poorest, is more effective, with long-term, sustainable impacts.

The World for World Act is an easy piece of legislation to get behind. That’s why it currently has 92 cosponsors in the House of Representatives. Global citizens like you have worked hard to help build support for the bill. Now, we are inches away from making it a reality!

One man – Senator Corker – can help get the Water for the World Act to President Obama’s desk this year.

Senator Corker (R-TN) has been a leading voice in the Senate for more effective water and sanitation programs. “The needs around the world are tremendous, but our foreign aid dollars are limited. We need to make every single penny count by better focusing and coordinating our efforts,” said Corker. “A lack of clean water leads to the deaths of 1.8 million people each year – 90 percent of them children. It stifles economic growth, keeps women and girls from going to work and school, and has contributed to political unrest in Sudan and elsewhere. Experts tell us every $1 invested in safe drinking water and sanitation produces an $8 return in costs. I’m a fiscal conservative and want to see each of our foreign aid dollars go as far as possible, and I believe water is one of the wisest places we can invest.”

I think that it is great to see key leaders like Senator Corker showing their support for increasing access to water and sanitation. Could you help me make sure that Senator Corker knows that global citizens stand with him?

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Judith Rowland

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