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“just weeks ago, French President Jacques Chirac announced that France will abandon its 1992 moratorium on nuclear testing and explode eight more nuclear bombs in the South Pacific beginning in September. Chirac said that the nuclear explosions will have no ``ecological consequences,'' and described his decision as ``irrevocable.'' After detonating at least 187 nuclear bombs in the heart of the South Pacific, France's intent to resume further nuclear poisoning of the South Pacific environment has resulted in deep outrage and alarm in the countries of the region, as well as with the world community. I rise today to urge my colleagues to support legislation I introduced recently, House Concurrent Resolution 80, which recognizes the environmental concerns of the people of Oceania and calls upon the government of France not to resume nuclear testing in French Polynesia's Moruroa and Fangataufa Atolls.”