PEOPLE AFFECTED; AND AFTER LAVING MET THC PEOPLE WHO WERE ACTUALLY AFFECTED bY THIS BOM, I HAVE WORE TAY JUST SIMPLE SYMPATHY FOR THESE PEOPLE. I HAVE AN EMOTION WHICH IS EXTROMELY DIFFICULT TO DESCRIBE, AND THE ONLY WAY ALL OF US CAN APPROXIMATELY UNDERSTAND THIS EMOTION IS TO IMAGINE FOR A BRIEF, UNBEARABLE MOMENT HOW WE WOULD FEEL IF OUR SON OR DAUGHTER WERE TO DIE AS THE RESULT OF THE NEGLIGENCE OF ANOTHER PERSON, OR IF OUR FAMILIES WERE TO BE MADE SICK AND WORRY ABOUT THEIR FUTURE HEALTH BECAUSE OF THE FAULT OF ANOTHER PERSON. MR. PRESIDENT, I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT THIS SUBJECT. I COULD GO INTO GREAT DETAIL IN DESCRIBING THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE RONGELAPESE WiO WERE DISFIGURED BY RADIATION BURNS BECAUSY OF THIS NEGLIGENCL, AND MOST POIGNANTLY I COULD DESCRIBE IN GRLAT DETAIL THE PHOTOGRAPHS WHICH SHOW MR. AT THE BEDSIDE OF HIS DYING SON, HOWEVER, MR. PRESIDENT, IT IS NOT MY DUTY TO SPEAK OF UNSPEAKABLE EMOTIONS. IT IS MY DUTY, AS CHAIRMAN OF THE SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS WRONG WIIICH HAS BEEN VISITED UPON OUR INNOCENT BROTHERS AND SISTERS. NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO, THE FOURTH CONGRESS OF MICRONESIA SAW FIT TO CREATF BY ENACTMLVUT OF PUBLIC LAW NO. 4C-33, A SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEE CONCERNING RONGELAP AND UTIRIK ATOLLS. THIS COMMITTEE WAS MANDATED TO STUDY AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS IN TWO GENERAL AREAS: INJURY AND MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR THE RONGELAPESE AND UTIRIKESE, AND COMPENSATION FOR THOSE PEOPLE, WE HAVE FULFILLED THE FIRST PART OF THE MANDATE BY SUBMISSION OF OUR REPORT A YEAR AGO; AND WE NOW CONCLUDE THE REMAINING PART OF THAT MANDATE BY SUBMISSION PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED CMY DF rem at ep weer ensien ay OR ae Ry ee spongy eee vie rey