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(Mr. Murphy of New York asked and was given permission to re- 

 vise and extend his remarks. ) 



Mr. Murphy of New York. Mr. Chairman, prior to discussing the 

 details of the legislation before you today, I want to take a moment to 

 pay tribute to a remarkable lady — our most distinguished colleague 

 from Missouri, Mrs. Lenor Sullivan. As you know, she announced on 

 Tuesday that she would not be a candidate for reelection. 



Elected in 1952 as a minority Member of Congress, she began, as 

 she has put it, at the bottom of the totem pole. A woman Democrat in 

 a Republican Congress. 



From this beginning, she has gone on to achieve a major legislative 

 record, with such accomplishments as the food stamp program and 

 truth-in-lending bill and leadership of the Merchant Marine and Fish- 

 eries Conmiittee. And she has done so in a way in which she has earned 

 the respect and affection of all Members from both sides of the aisle. 



Lenor Sullivan is, in many ways, a pioneer in this body. I am sure 

 I speak for everyone here when I say that your absence from this body 

 next year will be felt by all of us. 



Today the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee brings to the 

 House one of the most important bills this Congress is likely to con- 

 sider. At stake in H.R. 3981 is whether we as a nation are able to handle 

 our energy requirements without incurring permanent damage to our 

 coasts. 



This bill will enable coastal States and communities to deal with 

 problems which, in the national interest, they will be asked to bear in 

 providing us needed energ;y. I am referring specifically to our need to 

 greatly expand the amount of Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas 

 drilling. I am also referring to the need for additional liquefied natu- 

 ral gas import facilities, expanded coal and oil loading docks and stor- 

 age terminals, and the pending installation of deepwater ports off our 

 shores, all of which will impact the coastal zone. 



These activities I have just mentioned, by their nature, will be 

 located along the coasts. 



As Congress itself declared in a piece of far-sighted legislation, the 

 Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, the coasts are unique and of 

 great significance to the country. Although only approximately 8 per- 

 cent of our total area, the coasts already contain half of our people, 

 and 40 percent of our manufacturing plants. The pressure is growing. 



Yet these same coastal areas contain our wetlands where most of the 

 Nation's fish and wildlife live for a part of their lifetime. It is perhaps 

 the country's major recreational resource. 



The solution this committee proposed to the House 4 years ago, and 

 which Congress enacted over the opposition of the administration, is 

 to achieve a balanced use of coastal resources. It is obvious that this 

 small strip of land and adjoining water cannot perform all the jobs we 

 ask it to do. 



The coasts cannot be our dumping ground and continue to produce 

 shellfish and recreational opportunities. They cannot be the preferred 

 location for heavy industry, and at the same time provide sites for 

 vacation homes and the breathing space that our increasingly crowded 

 cities require. 



Coastal uses have to be balanced. This is what the Coastal Zone Man- 

 agement Act provides, and this is what H.R. 3981 gives us. 



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