On the recordSeptember 10, 1996
Madam Speaker, this is truly a landmark day for those of us who are seeking protection of the antarctic environment. For the past 5 years, those of us who have been ardent longtime supporters for the preservation of the Antarctic Continent and its surrounding seas, have been working diligently toward this day. Now with the passage of this bill today, and the President's subsequent signature into law, we will have finally achieved our objective since the United States began consideration of the implementation of the 1991 Protocol on Environmental Protection of the Antarctic Treaty. While the United States is taking one small environmental step today, it is the Antarctic Continent and the nations with antarctic settlements which will be on the verge of taking one giant collective leap forward to protect the antarctic environment from the adverse effects of human activities.
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