On the recordJanuary 31, 1996
I rise to urge, along with you and the other Members that you have mentioned, to urge my colleagues in this House to boycott the President Chirac address to a joint session of Congress tomorrow in protest of his decision to test nuclear weapons in the South Pacific. I do not think people understand the kind of offense that these series of nuclear tests present for people in the Pacific who have been historically dealt with as if we are some kind of nuclear playground for world powers throughout the world. A number of tests, over 200 nuclear tests have been conducted in the Pacific, and not in French Polynesia alone. It is this, despite the fact that apparently we all felt secure, that people acknowledged that this was an affront to the small peoples of the world.
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