[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 46 (Thursday, April 23, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H2240]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               JAPAN'S ROLE IN THE ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS

  (Mr. BEREUTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Speaker, the world is closely watching Japan to 
determine if that country's leaders can steer the world's second 
largest economy clear of recession. The implications of their action or 
inaction is enormous for Japan itself, for the regional and global 
economy, and for the United States. Today at 1:30, in 2172 Rayburn, the 
Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, and the Subcommittee on 
International Economic Policy and Trade hear testimony on this subject, 
and on the legislation offered by this Member, the gentleman from 
California, Representative Berman and others, from four experts on 
Japan's role in the Asian financial crisis.
  This Member urges interested Members to send their staff and to read 
the summary in the Congressional Record on this important and timely 
hearing so that we can all learn more about Japan's enormous role in 
our own future, and to review the suggestions of what Japan must do to 
ensure that the future is bright for all of us.

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