[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 23649]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN) MESSAGE OF SUPPORT TO THE PEOPLE OF AMERICAN 
               SAMOA IN AFTERMATH OF DEVASTATING TSUNAMI

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                       HON. ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA

                           of american samoa

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, October 6, 2009

  Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Madam Speaker, I submit the following message of 
support from Jason C. Yuan, representative of the Republic of China 
(Taiwan) to the United States in response to the massive tsunami that 
struck American Samoa on Tuesday, September 29, 2009.

         Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the 
           United States,
                               Washington, DC, September 30, 2009.
     Hon. Eni Faleomavaega,
     House of Representatives,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Chairman Faleomavaega: On behalf of the government and 
     the people of the Republic of China (Taiwan), I am writing to 
     express our deepest condolences and support for the people of 
     American Samoa after a massive tsunami hurled by a powerful 
     earthquake yesterday.
       I was greatly saddened by the tragic loss of life, as well 
     as the damage to property, livelihoods and power outages. My 
     thoughts and prayers are with the injured, the families who 
     lost their loved ones and those who remain missing.
       I also have offered our willingness to help in our most 
     recent communications with officials in the Obama 
     Administration. Please do not hesitate to inform me if we can 
     be of assistance for the relief and recovery efforts.
       With deepest sympathy,
                                                    Jason C. Yuan,
     Representative.

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