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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. CON. RES. 9

Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding a private visit by President

Lee Teng-hui of the Republic of China on Taiwan to the United States.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 6, 1995

Mr. MURKOWSKI (for himself, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. BROWN, Mr. ROBB, Mr.

D’AMATO, Mr. SIMON, Mr. THOMAS, Mr. HELMS, Mr. COATS, Mr. PELL,

Mr. WARNER, Mr. AKAKA, Mr. GRAMS, Mr. DOLE, Mr. KEMPTHORNE,

Mr. DORGAN, Mr. SPECTER, Mr. HATFIELD, Mr. LUGAR, Mr. FEINGOLD,

Mr. ROTH, Mr. THURMOND, Mr. HATCH, Mr. GORTON, Mr. CAMPBELL,

Mr. MACK, Mr. INOUYE, Mr. ASHCROFT, Mr. CHAFEE, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. CONRAD, Mr. DEWINE, Mr.

GREGG, and Mr. CRAIG) submitted the following concurrent resolution;

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding a private

visit by President Lee Teng-hui of the Republic of China

on Taiwan to the United States.

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
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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 sixth largest trading partner of the United States and 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 United States interests are best served by policies

that treat Taiwan’s leaders with respect and dignity;

Whereas President Lee, 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 is no legitimate policy grounds for excluding

the democratic leader of Asia’s oldest republic 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
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1 Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives

2 concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that the

3 President should promptly indicate that the United States

4 will welcome a private visit by President Lee Teng-hui to

5 his alma mater, Cornell University, and will welcome a

6 transit stop by President Lee in Anchorage, Alaska, to at7 tend the USA-ROC Economic Council Conference.

8 SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Senate shall transmit

9 a copy of this concurrent resolution to the President.

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