Mark Gordon: “I want to congratulate Mr. Udall for once again showing leadership on an important environmental issue. Additionally, I…”

“I want to congratulate Mr. Udall for once again showing leadership on an important environmental issue. Additionally, I want to thank Chairman Boehlert for moving this resolution to the floor so quickly. The resolution properly commemorates the magnificent achievements of the International Geophysical Year. A new IGY will be good for the environment. It will also be very healthy for our standing as a nation to take the leadership role in developing a new IGY for the 21st century. The IGY was conceived and promoted by the United States and has been one of the largest cooperative international scientific endeavors undertaken. IGY cooperation continues to be a model and inspiration for contemporary world science. In a similar spirit, it is appropriate for an IGY-2 to reflect global developments in biology, genetics, the neurosciences, and other areas of scientific research and recognize the interdisciplinary research that incorporates the physical and social sciences and the humanities in enriching an understanding of diverse life on earth. Therefore, it is entirely fitting that Congress take the lead again, in the same spirit, in promoting global cooperation through the worldwide commemoration of the IGY.”