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ting more than their fair share into common interest kinds of 

 projects. 



And I just think that everything should be equally or proportion- 

 ally, I guess I should say, contributed across the board. 



Now if there's a complaint about the United States not doing 

 that, I would be interested in that complaint. But I would just hope 

 that every industrialized country is proportionally supporting the 

 research in Antarctica since that's the subject today. 



Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I yield back. 



The Chairman. Thank you. 



The gentleman from Pennsylvania, Mr. McHale. 



Mr. McHale. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



I appreciate the testimony of the witnesses, and thank you very 

 much for being here today. 



I think implicit in your testimony up to this point is that there 

 is virtually universal support for this legislation. When I take a 

 look at the cosponsors on the bill, I see Chairman Walker, former 

 Chairman Brown, Congresswoman Morella, Congressman 

 Rohrabacher, and 16 other cosponsors, it's rare that we have such 

 a broad consensus of both partisanship and ideology in terms of 

 support for a single piece of legislation. 



And I think throughout your testimony you've made it clear that 

 you are enthusiastically supportive of the legislation. 



Implied is that there really is not opposition. 



Allow me to go to that implication and allow you to state that 

 on the record. 



Ms. Claussen, I would ask you, are you aware of any organized 

 international opposition to the legislation? 



And then I would ask Dr. Lane if he is aware of any organized 

 opposition within the scientific community. 



During the next panel of witnesses, I think we'll hear similarly 

 from the environmental community. But in terms of any inter- 

 national opposition, I would be grateful for your comment, Ms. 

 Claussen. 



In terms of the implied but I hope soon to be stated virtual una- 

 nimity of the scientific community, I would welcome your com- 

 ments. Dr. Lane. 



Ms. Claussen. Congressman, it's easy for me to say. The answer 

 is no. No organized opposition, no opposition that we are aware of 

 at all. Everyone is very supportive of this treaty and implementing 

 it, and would love to see us in it as a party as well. No opposition. 



Mr. McHale. Receiving that kind of response to that type of 

 question is a rare moment before this Committee. 



[Laughter.] 



Mr. McHale. Dr. Lane? 



Dr. Lane. Mr. McHale, we are unaware of any organized opposi- 

 tion from the scientific community as well. 



Mr. McHale. On that note of cooperation, Mr. Chairman, I 

 thank you for the opportunity to present the questions, and my 

 hope is that we can move swiftly in the passage of the bill and its 

 ultimate enactment into law. 



Thank you. 



The Chairman. I thank my colleague from Pennsylvania. 



Mr. Sensenbrenner, did you wish to ask some questions? 



