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I want to thank the Chairmen and Ranking 

 Members of all the subcommittees for cooperating on 

 this important subject. 



Furthermore, I want to particularly commend 

 Chairman Weldon for his active and ongoing interest 

 in oceanography issues and ocean research. During 

 the last Congress, he and I had the opportunity to 

 serve together as a leadership team as Chairman and 

 Ranking Minority Member of the former 

 Subcommittee on Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico and 

 the Outer Continental Shelf. 



We had a number of hearings on the future of 

 oceanographic research, potential dual use 

 technologies and cooperation between government 

 agencies, industry and academia. 



I look forward to continuing to advance this 

 issue which I believe is very important to the long 

 term defense, as well as national economic and 

 educational security. 



