Peter Deutsch: “we are here because of GATT and we need to acknowledge that. We are really here because of GATT telling the United…”

“we are here because of GATT and we need to acknowledge that. We are really here because of GATT telling the United States and telling this Congress and telling the American people that we have to follow a certain procedure in terms of dolphin safety. I want to talk a little bit very quickly about specifics. This bill, if it passes, will allow a procedure in terms of catching tuna which uses dolphins, literally uses dolphins by helicopter sighting, and wraps around the necks of the dolphins, which openly is incredibly disturbing. The way the bill sets up the procedure to allow that fishing method to exist, with observers on tuna boats, is that if they do not kill a dolphin, then it can be labeled safe. And then the next catch, if they kill a dolphin, the next catch is not safe. If we know the specifics of this legislation, it defies logic. It defies logic to think that it will work. It just cannot work. It is a bad deal for the American people, it is a bad deal for GATT, it is a bad deal for the dolphins. We can negotiate a better deal, and I urge its defeat.”