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Porter Goss: “For the Coastal Zone Management Act, we thought seaweed might be appropriate. You can drape it around yourself in…”

On the recordApril 23, 1996
For the Coastal Zone Management Act, we thought seaweed might be appropriate. You can drape it around yourself in certain ways and get the same result as with a fig leaf. It is really heavy, though. The reason we thought it was appropriate, I recall the gentleman actually caused us a great deal of problem with our Outer Continental Shelf protections back in 1992. The gentleman is well known as a champion of the environment. It is just we had a different agreement on how to protect our Outer Continental Shelf. I am glad we have done a better job of doing that, and I am glad to see the gentleman's support for this bill.
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Porter Goss
Florida
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Discussing the Coastal Zone Management Act and Outer Continental Shelf protections.

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