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from the standpoint of commercial fishing as well as sports fishing 

 and recreation oriented activities. Obviously, the State of Maryland 

 must conserve and protect what is probably the biggest water play- 

 ground on the east coast; and at the same time, it must also provide 

 some of the waterfront space of that playground to industries which 

 will be essential to the future economic health of the State. 



Mr. Cliairman, I have attempted to outline, in microcosm, the prob- 

 lems which are facing all the coastal States. Althougli tliese problems 

 are mammoth, they are not insuperable. But these problems will never 

 be resolved unless the States are provided the Federal aid which is 

 embodied in H.R. 14146. 



H.R. 14146 is good legislation. It was not rammed through our com- 

 mittee hastily; conversely, it was given serious and prolonged consid- 

 eration, through 8 days of hearings and 3 days of executive sessions 

 under the auspices of our Subcommittee on Oceanography. My dis- 

 tinguished colleagues, Congressman Alton Lennon, the chairman of 

 the Oceanography Subcommittee, and Congressman Charles A. Mo- 

 sher, the ranking minority member of the subcommittee, devoted 

 much of their time and effort to the development of the legislation we 

 have before us today, and I hope my colleagues in the House will re- 

 ward their efforts by supporting it. 



As a Marylander, I want to preserve and maintain the Chesapeake 

 Bay — the greatest estuarine area in the world — for the enjoyment of 

 future Marylanders; and I want to maintain the health and vitality 

 of the port of Baltimore. As an American, I want to protect and utilize 

 the coutless resources of thousands of miles of coastal beaches, wet- 

 lands, and invaluable estuary areas — before they are forever destroyed 

 by a haphazard, piecemeal approach, and by a few generations of 

 Americans too greedy and in too much of a hurry to see or care about 

 the needs of the future. 



Mr. Chairman, the buck stops here. The need to act is clear, and I am 

 confident that the record will show that the 92d Congress did care 

 about the future. I urge every Member of the House to vote for passage 

 of this importat legislation. 



Mr. IVIosHER. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 

 New Jersey (Mr Forsythe) . 



Mr. Forsythe. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding. 



I rise in strong support of H.R. 14146, I think this is a very im- 

 portant bill for this Nation, As was pointed out by our distinguis]\oH 

 chairman of the subcommittee and the distinguished chairman of the 

 full committee, life itself starts in these coastal waters, and if we are 

 to preserve these coastal areas and the environment needed by so many 

 of our citizens this legislation must be passed. 



New Jersey has attempted with a wetlands bill to move into this 

 area and provide protection, but it needs the help of this type of 

 Federal support to insure management of these coastal zones so as 

 to protect them for the future enjoyment of our citizens. 



Mr. JMosiiER. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from 

 Delaware (Mr. du Pont). 



Mr, DU Pont. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding. 



Mr. Chairman, I commend my colleague from North Carolina (Mr. 

 Lennon), chairman of the Merchant Marine Subcommittee on Ocean- 



