[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 188 (Tuesday, November 28, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S17665-S17666]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS

  The following petitions and memorials were laid before the Senate and 
were referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:

       POM-474. A concurrent resolution adopted by the Legislature 
     of the State of Michigan; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.

                  ``House Concurrent Resolution No. 54

       ``Whereas, the people of the Republic of China are among 
     the most trusted friends of the American people. They have 
     built a prosperous, successful, and free economy, and they 
     are important trading partners of the American people. It is 
     incumbent on the people of Michigan to foster this 
     relationship, and no better way of doing so exists than in 
     establishing a sister-state relationship between our two 
     peoples; and
       ``Whereas, in a complex world it is very important to 
     promote greater world understanding by learning more about 
     the people of different nations. Such actions are mutually 
     beneficial and encourage social, economic, educational, and 
     cultural programs through which all nations are enriched and 
     increased world understanding is created; and
       ``Whereas, the Republic of China is rich in agricultural 
     products, textiles, electrical machinery, and plastic 
     products. It is wealthy, too, in its people, as we are in 
     Michigan. It would be in our own interest and in the interest 
     of the Republic of China to foster a strengthening of our 
     current knowledge of one another by creating a sister-state 
     relationship between the Province of Taiwan of the Republic 
     of China and the state of Michigan of the United States: Now, 
     therefore be it
       ``Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
     concurring), That the Michigan Legislature hereby establishes 
     a sister-state relationship with the Province of Taiwan of 
     the Republic of China and the state of Michigan of the United 
     States. We invite the people and government of the Republic 
     of China to conduct mutually beneficial social, economic, 
     educational, and cultural programs to bring our citizens 
     closer together and to strengthen international understanding 
     and goodwill; and be it further
       ``Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted 
     to the President of the United 

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     States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of 
     Representatives, each member of the Michigan delegation to 
     the Congress of the United States, and executive and 
     legislative officials of the Republic of China.''
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       POM-475. A petition from a citizen of the State of Texas 
     relative to Congressional term limits; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.

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