On the recordJanuary 30, 1996
I have filed a privileged resolution and hope that the leadership of this House will consider it before the resolution itself and its contents become moot. The resolution asks the Speaker to disinvite the President of France to come to a joint session to address it on February 1. There is an awesome responsibility in nations that possess nuclear power. And in this time and age, certainly we are sophisticated enough and advanced enough to reject the possibility, even, of a nuclear war. So for such a nuclear power to say that continued tests were necessary, even after their prior government in France had declared a moratorium, to me seems to be an insult not only to humanity but to future life on this planet. Therefore, I feel that the House, being host to such a person who has violated moral responsibilities of leadership, would be against the conscience and integrity of this House. I ask Members not to attend such session.
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