PRINTER'S NO. 2222
No. 179 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY DeWEESE, JUNE 20, 1995
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, JUNE 20, 1995
A RESOLUTION
1 Commending President Clinton for granting a visa to the
2 President of Taiwan; and commending the President of Taiwan
3 on his democratic reforms.
4 WHEREAS, President Clinton has shown recognition for the
5 sweeping political reforms made by President Lee, for holding
6 direct popular elections for President of the Republic of China,
7 for Governor of the Province of Taiwan and for the positions of
8 Mayor of Taipei and Kaohsiung, the two largest cities in Taiwan,
9 and for firmly establishing in Taiwan a principle dear to all
10 Americans and to all freedom-loving people everywhere that
11 "sovereign powers should be in the hands of the people"; and
12 WHEREAS, The House of Representatives extends a warm welcome
13 to President Lee and calls upon the Clinton administration to
14 assist Taiwan's determined efforts to play an active, beneficial
15 and constructive role in world affairs; therefor be it
16 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives unanimously
17 commend the President of the United States for his courageous
18 and farsighted decision in granting President Lee, Teng-hui, of
1 the Republic of China on Taiwan, a six-day visitor's visa to
2 visit his alma mater, Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York,
3 on June 9, 1995, and to deliver an address; and be it further
4 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives unanimously
5 commend President Lee, his government and the industrious people
6 of Taiwan for the transformation of their barren island into an
7 economic giant, a bastion of democracy and a proud example to be
8 emulated.
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