10 



STATEMENT BY THE HONORABLE JIM SAXTON, 

 CHAIRMAN, SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES, 

 WILDLIFE AND OCEANS, AT THE JOINT OVERSIGHT 

 HEARING ON OCEAN DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE 

 MATERL^LS: DECEMBER 6, 1995. 



I am pleased to join with my National Security 

 Committee colleagues today to examine the issue of 

 radioactive waste dumping in the Arctic and the use of the 

 abyssal plain for waste disposal. 



Since I serve on both committees, it is nice to see this 

 overlap of concerns. I would also note that the former 

 Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, on which both 

 Curt and I served, held hearings on both of these topics. I 



