earlier last week I shared with my colleagues and the American people some observations on the crisis that has occurred on the island of Tahiti in French Polynesia, as a consequence of French President Jacques Chirac's recent decision for…

despite international pleading, protests, and appeals, France resumed nuclear testing in the South Pacific on September 5, 1995, at Morurua Atoll, exploding a nuclear bomb 10 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Sixty…

again I say to my colleagues and to the American people: Wake up America. Mr. Speaker, last week President Chirac of France pushed his nuclear button and exploded 1 of 8 nuclear bombs last week that had more power than was exploded in the…

about 150 years ago, by show of military force with guns, bullets and cannons, the Government of France incorporated into a colony a group of Polynesian islands currently known as French Polynesia, with its current capital in the town of…

as I said earlier to my colleagues and to the American people, the French Government has already exploded 164 nuclear bombs in the atmosphere and under the Mururoa Atoll in French Polynesia, in the South Pacific. Mr. Speaker, first French…

Mr. Speaker, yesterday France detonated a nuclear bomb in French Polynesia, defying worldwide opinion which has uniformly condemned their resumption of nuclear testing. Mr. Speaker, about 2 hours ago, I personally received word from…

Mr. Speaker, I have got good news and bad news. The good news is that the President of France and his military advisors are beginning to feel the pinch whereby consumers all over the world are refusing to purchase French goods and products…

if I may respond, what the Secretary of the Interior has done is terminated the Office of Assistant Secretary of Territorial and Insular Affairs. In doing so, he is placing part of the responsibility to his Assistant Secretary for Budget…

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…

S. 441 extends the authorization of certain programs under the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act for 2 years. This act was written to counter a rising number of prosecutions of Federal, State, and tribal employees…

The purpose of S. 349 is to extend the authorization of the Navajo-Hopi Relocation Housing Program through fiscal year 1997. The Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Settlement Act was enacted in 1974 to resolve land disputes between the tribes dating…

I want to take a few moments to comment on a historic event that will take place tomorrow in this Chamber. As you know, the Prime Minister of India, the Honorable Narasimha Rao, will deliver the first joint-session address by an Indian…

I wish to express my sincere appreciation to the gentlewoman from Virginia for bringing forward this initiative, and for her leadership in sponsoring House Joint Resolution 333, the companion legislation to Senate Joint Resolution 168. I…

we have been hearing a lot about the information superhighway which will ease our lives in the future. But any such superhighway will need road signs, so that we can find our way, and my review of an existing part of that system--the local…

4 years ago, Bruce Yamashita, a Japanese-American from Hawaii, was on the brink of earning his commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps when he was abruptly discharged for leadership failure. However, tomorrow…

I wanted to thank the chairman, and wanted to make reference to the very eloquent statement made by the gentleman from Guam. We are at a tremendous disadvantage in this House, and it is not a proud thing that the sponsors of this amendment…

today I am introducing a House concurrent resolution to pay a special tribute to one of the outstanding citizens of our country, who was not only a highly decorated war hero but an author who produced classics in American literature--such…

I rise in support of H.R. 6, a bill which proposes real reform and improvement to elementary and secondary education in America and oppose any amendment that will weaken this legislation. H.R. 6 contains new and innovative improvement to…

I rise this evening to recognize the exceptional contribution made by young Samoans currently playing professional football in the National Football League. There are approximately 150,000 Samoans living in Samoa and throughout the United…

thank you for the opportunity this afternoon to speak in support of this year's congressional recognition of Black History Month. I frequently hear complaints from citizens who indicate that ceremonies and other forms of cultural…

I want to comment on an issue that has bothered me for some time and that is finally getting proper attention: The sorry legacy of our Nation's nuclear testing program in the Pacific--which involved 66 nuclear explosions in the 1940's and…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of House Concurrent Resolution 180, which expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to the South Pacific. I want to commend the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the…

I want to echo his sentiments concerning the gentleman from the Virgin Islands [Mr. de Lugo] who has been an outstanding leader as chairman of the Subcommittee on Insular and International Affairs... His service for the past 20 years as a…