Michael Kopetski: “let me share with my colleagues a quote from a recent speech by the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Director, Mr.…”

“let me share with my colleagues a quote from a recent speech by the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Director, Mr. Holum: ``From the very first atomic blast at Alamagordo, mankind has been struggling to recapture the ferocious beast unleased there. Since then thousands of women and men of good will and intellect have pursued--passionately, painstakingly--the compelling mission of our age. Working together, let us rededicate ourselves to that mission: to shepherd this beast back into its cage--to bring what was unleashed in a blinding blast of heat in the New Mexico desert to a fitting end in the cool atmosphere of reason in Geneva--to ensure that the first half-century of nuclear explosions is the last.'' Mr. Chairman, I beg my colleagues, this is the sense of the Congress urging our negotiators in Geneva to work with deliberate and passionate speed to adopt the comprehensive test ban treaty. I urge my colleagues to support the Kopetski amendment.”