[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13795]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           CALLING FOR A BILATERAL INCIDENTS AT SEA AGREEMENT

  (Mr. CONYERS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CONYERS. Madam Speaker, I, along with Geoff Davis and others--Bob 
Filner, Gene Taylor, Walter Jones--are putting forward House Concurrent 
Resolution 94 so that we can avoid the incidents of the sea that could 
happen in the Straits of Hormuz because of the incredible number of 
commercial ships that traffic that area. Eight Navy ships, 250 oil 
tankers and naval craft of a dozen other nations pass through the 
strait. These negotiations have been done before. We did it with the 
Soviet Union a generation ago. It's very pragmatic. It avoids any 
incidents which could start a war, and could change our relationship 
with the oil cartels.
  I urge Members to give it consideration.

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