[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 71 (Friday, June 9, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S4923]
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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 121--CONGRATULATING REPRESENTATIVE STEPHEN 
   S. F. CHEN ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE DIPLOMATIC 
               SERVICE OF TAIWAN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

  Mr. CRAIG (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, and Mr. Murkowski) submitted 
the following concurrent resolution; which was considered and agreed 
to:

                            S. Con. Res. 121

       Whereas Representative Stephen S. F. Chen has been a member 
     of Taiwan's diplomatic service for forty-seven years;
       Whereas Representative Chen has represented Taiwan's 
     interests in such countries as the Philippines, Brazil, 
     Argentina, Bolivia, and the United States;
       Whereas Representative Chen has held a number of important 
     positions in his government at home, including those of Vice 
     Foreign Minister and Deputy Secretary-General to President 
     Lee Teng-hui;
       Whereas Representative Chen's many years of service in the 
     United States include appointments as Taiwan's Consul-General 
     in Atlanta from 1973 to 1979 and as Director of the 
     Coordination Council for North American Affairs in Chicago 
     from 1980 to 1982 and Los Angeles from 1988 to 1989;
       Whereas Representative Chen has served with distinction as 
     Taiwan's senior diplomat in the United States since 1997, 
     when he became the Representative of the Taipei Economic and 
     Cultural Representative Office in Washington, D.C.; and
       Whereas Representative Chen has been a friend of the United 
     States and earned the respect and genuine affection of many 
     Members of the Senate and House of Representatives: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) Representative Stephen Chen is to be congratulated for 
     his many years of distinguished service to Taiwan and for his 
     friendship to the United States; and
       (2) the best wishes of Congress are to be extended to 
     Representative Chen and his family on the occasion of his 
     retirement.

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