September 15, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6229 threat to the conservation of fin merce to continue to keep the situa- ander, Jason Altmire, , Mark whales. Further, Icelandic nationals tion under review and continue to urge E. Amodei, Robert E. Andrews, Steve Aus- continue to hunt minke whales com- Iceland to cease its commercial whal- tria, Joe Baca, Michele Bachmann, Spencer mercially and Iceland’s exports of Bachus, Tammy Baldwin, Lou Barletta, John ing activities. Further, within 6 Barrow, Roscoe G. Bartlett, Joe Barton, whale meat to Japan reportedly in- months, or immediately upon the re- Charles F. Bass, Karen Bass, Xavier Becerra, creased significantly in both March sumption of fin whaling by Icelandic Dan Benishek, Rick Berg, Shelley Berkley, and April 2011. nationals, I have directed relevant de- Howard L. Berman, Judy Biggert, Brian P. Iceland’s actions threaten the con- partments and agencies to report to me Bilbray, Gus M. Bilirakis, Rob Bishop, San- servation status of an endangered spe- through the Departments of State and ford D. Bishop, Jr., Timothy H. Bishop, cies and undermine multilateral efforts Commerce on their actions. I believe Diane Black, Marsha Blackburn, Earl Blu- to ensure greater worldwide protection these actions hold the most promise of menauer, John A. Boehner, Jo Bonner, Mary for whales. Iceland’s increased com- Bono Mack, Madeleine Z. Bordallo, Dan effecting a reduction in Iceland’s com- Boren, Leonard L. Boswell, Charles W. Bou- mercial whaling and recent trade in mercial whaling activities. stany, Jr., Kevin Brady, Robert A. Brady, whale products diminish the effective- . Bruce L. Braley, Mo Brooks, Paul C. Broun, ness of the IWC’s conservation program THE WHITE HOUSE, September 15, 2011. Corrine Brown, Vern Buchanan, Larry because: (1) Iceland’s commercial har- f Bucshon, Ann Marie Buerkle, Michael C. vest of whales undermines the morato- Burgess, Dan Burton, G. K. Butterfield, Ken rium on commercial whaling put in LEAVE OF ABSENCE Calvert, Dave Camp, John Campbell, Fran- cisco ‘‘Quico’’ Canseco, Eric Cantor, Shelley place by the IWC to protect plum- By unanimous consent, leave of ab- meting whale stocks; (2) the fin whale Moore Capito, Lois Capps, Michael E. Capu- sence was granted to: ano, Dennis A. Cardoza, , harvest greatly exceeds catch levels Mr. WEBSTER (at the request of Mr. John C. Carney, Jr., Andre´ Carson, John R. that the IWC’s scientific body advised CANTOR) for today on account of at- Carter, Bill Cassidy, Kathy Castor, Steve would be sustainable if the moratorium tending a memorial service for David Chabot, Jason Chaffetz, Ben Chandler, Donna were removed; and (3) Iceland’s har- Bitner. M. Christensen, Judy Chu, David N. Cicilline, vests are not likely to be brought Hansen Clarke, Yvette D. Clarke, Wm. Lacy under IWC management and control at f Clay, , James E. Clyburn, sustainable levels through multilateral ADJOURNMENT Howard Coble, Mike Coffman, Steve Cohen, Tom Cole, K. Michael Conaway, Gerald E. efforts at the IWC. Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, I move ‘‘Gerry’’ Connolly, John Conyers, Jr., Jim In his letter of July 19, 2011, Sec- that the House do now adjourn. Cooper, Jim Costa, Jerry F. Costello, Joe retary Locke expressed his concern for The motion was agreed to; accord- Courtney, Chip Cravaack, Eric A. ‘‘Rick’’ these actions, and I share these con- ingly (at 3 o’clock and 34 minutes Crawford, Ander Crenshaw, Mark S. Critz, cerns. To ensure that this issue con- Joseph Crowley, Henry Cuellar, John Abney p.m.), under its previous order, the tinues to receive the highest level of Culberson, Elijah E. Cummings, Danny K. House adjourned until Monday, Sep- attention, I direct: (1) relevant U.S. Davis, Geoff Davis, Susan A. Davis, Peter A. tember 19, 2011, at noon. delegations attending meetings with DeFazio, Diana DeGette, Rosa L. DeLauro, f Jeff Denham, Charles W. Dent, Scott Icelandic officials and senior Adminis- DesJarlais, Theodore E. Deutch, Mario Diaz- tration officials visiting Iceland to OATH OF OFFICE MEMBERS, RESI- Balart, Norman D. Dicks, John D. Dingell, raise U.S. concerns regarding commer- DENT COMMISSIONER, AND DEL- Lloyd Doggett, Robert J. Dold, Joe Don- cial whaling by Icelandic companies EGATES nelly, Michael F. Doyle, David Dreier, Sean and seek ways to halt such action; (2) P. Duffy, Jeff Duncan, John J. Duncan, Jr., Cabinet secretaries to evaluate the ap- The oath of office required by the Donna F. Edwards, Keith Ellison, Renee L. propriateness of visits to Iceland de- sixth article of the Constitution of the Ellmers, Jo Ann Emerson, Eliot L. Engel, Anna G. Eshoo, Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, pending on continuation of the current , and as provided by sec- tion 2 of the act of May 13, 1884 (23 Blake Farenthold, Sam Farr, Chaka Fattah, suspension of fin whaling; (3) the De- Bob Filner, Stephen Lee Fincher, Michael G. partment of State to examine Arctic Stat. 22), to be administered to Mem- bers, Resident Commissioner, and Dele- Fitzpatrick, Jeff Flake, Charles J. ‘‘Chuck’’ cooperation projects, and where appro- Fleischmann, John Fleming, Bill Flores, J. priate, link U.S. cooperation to the Ice- gates of the House of Representatives, Randy Forbes, Jeff Fortenberry, Virginia landic government changing its whal- the text of which is carried in 5 U.S.C. Foxx, Barney Frank, Trent Franks, Rodney ing policy and abiding by the IWC mor- 3331: P. Frelinghuysen, Marcia L. Fudge, Elton atorium on commercial whaling; (4) ‘‘I, AB, do solemnly swear (or af- Gallegly, John Garamendi, Cory Gardner, firm) that I will support and defend Scott Garrett, Jim Gerlach, Bob Gibbs, the Departments of Commerce and Christopher P. Gibson, Gabrielle Giffords, State to consult with other inter- the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign Phil Gingrey, Louie Gohmert, Charles A. national actors on efforts to end Ice- Gonzalez, Bob Goodlatte, Paul A. Gosar, landic commercial whaling and have and domestic; that I will bear true Trey Gowdy, Kay Granger, , Tom Iceland abide by the IWC moratorium faith and allegiance to the same; Graves, Al Green, Gene Green, Tim Griffin, on commercial whaling; (5) the Depart- that I take this obligation freely, H. Morgan Griffith, Rau´ l M. Grijalva, Mi- ment of State to inform the Govern- without any mental reservation or chael G. Grimm, Frank C. Guinta, Brett Guthrie, Luis V. Gutierrez, Janice Hahn, ment of Iceland that the United States purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the Ralph M. Hall, Colleen W. Hanabusa, Richard will continue to monitor the activities L. Hanna, Jane Harman*, Gregg Harper, of Icelandic companies that engage in duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.’’ Andy Harris, , Alcee L. Has- commercial whaling; and (6) relevant tings, Doc Hastings, Nan A. S. Hayworth, Jo- U.S. agencies to continue to examine has been subscribed to in person and seph J. Heck, Martin Heinrich, Dean Heller*, other options for responding to contin- filed in duplicate with the Clerk of the Jeb Hensarling, Wally Herger, Jaime Herrera ued whaling by Iceland. House of Representatives by the fol- Beutler, Brian Higgins, James A. Himes, I concur with the Secretary of Com- lowing Member of the 112th Congress, Maurice D. Hinchey, Rube´n Hinojosa, Mazie merce’s recommendation to pursue the pursuant to the provisions of 2 U.S.C. K. Hirono, Kathleen C. Hochul, Tim Holden, 25: Rush D. Holt, Michael M. Honda, Steny H. use of non-trade measures and that the Hoyer, Tim Huelskamp, Bill Huizenga, actions outlined above are the appro- MARK E. AMODEI, Nevada Second. Randy Hultgren, Duncan Hunter, Robert priate course of action to address this ROBERT L. TURNER, New York Ninth. Hurt, Jay Inslee, Steve Israel, Darrell E. issue. Accordingly, I am not directing f Issa, Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., Sheila Jackson the Secretary of the Treasury to im- Lee, Lynn Jenkins, Bill Johnson, Eddie Ber- pose trade measures on Icelandic prod- OATH FOR ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED nice Johnson, Henry C. ‘‘Hank’’ Johnson, Jr., ucts for the whaling activities that led INFORMATION Sam Johnson, Timothy V. Johnson, Walter to the certification by the Secretary of Under clause 13 of rule XXIII, the fol- B. Jones, Jim Jordan, Marcy Kaptur, Wil- liam R. Keating, Mike Kelly, Dale E. Kildee, Commerce. However, to ensure that lowing Members executed the oath for Ron Kind, Peter T. King, Steve King, Jack this issue continues to receive the access to classified information: Kingston, , Larry Kissell, highest level of attention, I am direct- Gary L. Ackerman, Sandy Adams, Robert John Kline, Rau´ l R. Labrador, Doug Lam- ing the Departments of State and Com- B. Aderholt, W. , Rodney Alex- born, Leonard Lance, Jeffrey M. Landry,

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