[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 138 (Thursday, September 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H8603]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


               TO PRESIDENT CHIRAC: STOP THE TESTING NOW

  (Mr. UNDERWOOD asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. local time in 
Mururoa, the French Government exploded an underground nuclear weapon 
in the first of eight proposed tests that President Chirac contends are 
in France's vital national interests. It was also the 205th nuclear 
blast that France exploded, but yet they claim they still need more 
computer data.
  Tuesday's explosion was detected by seismic monitoring stations as 
far as away as Australia, but France has yet to get the message. 
Testing half a world away from home displays an arrogance that is 
unbecoming of a civilized nation.
  President Chirac has hinted that France may cut the testing program 
short. The gentleman from American Samoa [Mr. Faleomavaega], our 
distinguished colleague, made his contribution by being detained by 
French test authorities last week.
  President Chirac, listen to the gentleman from American Samoa [Mr. 
Faleomavaega] and all peoples of the Pacific. Stop the testing now.

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