House Proceeding 09-29-09 on Sep 29th, 2009 :: 0:35:25 to 0:39:15
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Bart Stupak: areries w that, though, mr. speaker, we do thank mr. stupak for his efforts in preserving national marine sanctuaries. with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman of his time. the gentlewoman from guam. ms. bordallo: yield to the gentleman from michigan, mr. stupak, the author of this legislat time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the

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Speech By: Bart Stupak

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Bart Stupak: gentleman is recognized. mr. stupak: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentlelady for yielding me time. i introduced h.r. 905, thunder bay national marine sanctuary and underwater preserve boundary modification act to expand the bound chris of -- boundaries of this preserve. i want to thank my bill's co-sponsors, my michigan colleagues, their support has

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Bart Stupak: been instrumental in moving this legislation. in 1975 michigan state iversity in response to local interest collected an inventory of ship wrecks located within lake huron's thunder bay. what they found was thunder bay potentially contained the largest number of ship wrecks in the country. this discovery warranted

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Bart Stupak: establishment of an underwater reserve and in 1981 the state of michigan declared thunder bay michigan's first great lakes bottom land preserve. following this recognition, the national oceanic and sfeartic administration designated the sanctuary in 2000 making it the first in the great lakes. the sanctuary is a federal-state partnership with

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Bart Stupak: unique focus on preserving the large collection of underwater cultural resources. these resources consist of more than 100 ship wrecks spanning more than 200 years of great lake shipping history. in order to study and preserve the cultural resources, 2005 national oceanic and spheric administration, and the state of michigan, established the

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Bart Stupak: great lakes maritime heritage center in michigan. the great lakes maritime heritage center allows visitors to learn about the great lakes maritime history, explore ship wrecks via live video feeds, and see how archaeologists continue to preserve these sites. to continue this positive outcome, the thunder bay sanctuary advisory council, a

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Bart Stupak: 15-member group representing local interests, local governments, all have passed a resolution commending or recommending the sanctuary be expanded. this legislation is supported by the state of michigan and the local chambers of commerce of each county that is affected. it would exnd the boundaries

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Bart Stupak: to include prsfield counties and alpina and extend the sanctuary east to the boundary with can in a in a da. currently it covers $4,448 -- 448 square miles. h.r. 905 would increase this area to 3,722 square miles of

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Bart Stupak: water, 226 miles of shoreline, adding an additional 180 ship wrecks to the sanctuary. in addition, the legislation would produce updated charts of the newly designated areas and apply to protection and preservation programs in the existing management plan. while authorizing an expansion of thunder bay sanctuary, the

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Bart Stupak: affected communities would receive the advantage of having the additional resources high lighted and increased tourism which is an important driver for economic growth in part of northeastern michigan. i urge my colleagues to support my legislatio i yield back. i thank the ranking chairwoman -

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Bart Stupak: member for the help and suprt on this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from virginia. mr. wittman: mr. speaker, i would inquire if the majority party has any additional speakers. ms. bordallo: mr. speaker, i have no additional speakers. i inquire if the minority has any additional speakers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia. mr. wittman: mr. speaker, we have no additional speakers. with that i yield back the balance of my time.

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Bart Stupak: the speaker pro tempore: the ntleman yields back the