Political Quotes

“I rise to acknowledge that we have just concluded one of, if not the largest ever, conferences on the oceans here in Washington. This conference involved 3 days of intensive dialogue between 200 delegates from over 30 nations including large ministerial delegations, 15 ministers as well as parliamentary leaders, large delegations from Russia and Norway, the European continent, Africa, the Americas, as well as other nations, and it was an extremely successful conference. We came under the auspices of the Advisory Committee on Protection of the Seas as well as GLOBE and the Council on Oceanographic Research and Education. Vice President Gore spoke to our conference last evening in Statuary Hall. Yesterday at lunch the Speaker, the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Gingrich], gave the keynote speech. The Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Navy, senior leaders of the administration and a significant number of Members of Congress, including my good friend, the gentleman from California [Mr. Farr] who stayed for the entire conference, had the chance to interact and put together a new comprehensive strategy for the world on helping to cooperate in cleaning up our oceans and our seas.”