[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 9 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







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.


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                   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

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                         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 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
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 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 Secretary of the Senate shall transmit a copy of this 
concurrent resolution to the President.
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