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[Journal of the House of Representatives, 1995]
[Tuesday, May 2, 1995 (60), Para 60.6 Lee Teng-Hui Private Visit]
[Page 613]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

para.60.6  lee teng-hui private visit

  Mr. BEREUTER moved to suspend the rules and agree to the following 
concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 53); as amended:

       Whereas United States diplomatic and economic security 
     interests in East Asia have caused the United States to 
     maintain a policy of recognizing the People's Republic of 
     China while maintaining solidarity with the democratic 
     aspirations of the people of Taiwan;
       Whereas the Republic of China on Taiwan (known as Taiwan) 
     is the United States sixth largest trading partner and an 
     economic powerhouse buying more than twice as much annually 
     from the United States as do the 1,200,000,000 Chinese of the 
     People's Republic of China;
       Whereas the American people are eager for expanded trade 
     opportunities with Taiwan, the possessor of the world's 
     second largest foreign exchange reserves;
       Whereas the United States interests are served by 
     supporting democracy and human rights abroad;
       Whereas Taiwan is a model emerging democracy, with a free 
     press, free elections, stable democratic institutions, and 
     human rights protections;
       Whereas vigorously contested elections conducted on Taiwan 
     in December 1994 were extraordinarily free and fair;
       Whereas the United States interests are best served by 
     policies that treat Taiwan's leaders with respect and 
     dignity;
       Whereas President Lee Teng-hui of Taiwan, a Ph.D. graduate 
     of Cornell University, has been invited to pay a private 
     visit to his alma mater and to attend the annual USA-ROC 
     Economic Council Conference in Anchorage, Alaska;
       Whereas there are no legitimate grounds for excluding 
     President Lee Teng-hui from paying private visits;
       Whereas the Senate of the United States voted several times 
     in 1994 to welcome President Lee to visit the United States; 
     and
       Whereas Public Law 103-416 provides that the President of 
     Taiwan shall be welcome in the United States at any time to 
     discuss a host of important bilateral issues: Now, therefore, 
     be it
       Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
     concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that the 
     President should promptly indicate that the United States 
     will welcome a private visit by President Lee Teng-hui to his 
     alma mater, Cornell University, and will welcome a transit 
     stop by President Lee in Anchorage, Alaska, to attend the 
     USA-ROC Economic Council Conference.
       Sec. 2. The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall 
     transmit a copy of this concurrent resolution to the 
     President.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. COMBEST, recognized Mr. BEREUTER and Mr. 
BERMAN, each for 20 minutes.
  After debate,
  The question being put, viva voce,
  Will the House suspend the rules and agree to said concurrent 
resolution, as amended?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. COMBEST, announced that two-thirds of the 
Members present had voted in the affirmative.
  Mr. LANTOS demanded that the vote be taken by the yeas and nays, which 
demand was supported by one-fifth of the Members present, so the yeas 
and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. COMBEST, pursuant to clause 5, rule I, 
announced that further proceedings on the motion were postponed.
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