[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 124 (Friday, October 6, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1715]
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                  REGARDING THE NATIONAL DAY OF TAIWAN

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                         HON. ALCEE L. HASTINGS

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 6, 2000

  Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, today I take a moment to 
congratulate our friends and allies in the Republic of China on Taiwan 
as they prepare to celebrate their National Day on October 10. As a 
Member of the House International Relations Subcommittee on Asia and 
the Pacific, it gives me special pleasure to mark this occasion.
  As my colleagues know, the Taiwanese people recently made history as 
they successfully and peacefully held their second democratic 
presidential election and chose Mr. Chen Shui-bian, the candidate from 
the opposition party, as their head of state. President Chen and the 
people of Taiwan are to be commended for that landmark achievement.
  Like his predecessors, President Chen continues to seek a proper role 
for Taiwan in the international community. President Chen also has sent 
goodwill messages many times to resume a dialogue with the People's 
Republic of China. In the meantime, he exhorts his countrymen to make 
Taiwan a strong, peaceful, and worthy ally of ours in a region that is 
so important to our national interest.
  I join with my colleagues in the Congress and many Taiwanese-American 
friends in the United States in congratulating the people of the 
Republic of China on Taiwan on this 89th anniversary of their National 
Day.

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