[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 9564-9565]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    WELCOMING MR. ARUN JAITLEY, MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT AND LEADER OF 
                        OPPOSITION, RAJYA SABHA

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                       HON. ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA

                           of american samoa

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 20, 2011

  Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to welcome Mr. Arun 
Jaitley, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. A prominent Member of 
Parliament, Mr. Arun Jaitley represents the Bharatiya Janata Party, 
BJP, the largest Opposition party in India.
  Mr. Jaitley has been a member of the BJP National Executive since 
1991 and held the posts of its General Secretary and Spokesperson.
  During his political career, Mr. Jaitley has previously served as the 
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting; Disinvestment; Law, 
Justice & Company Affairs; and Shipping, Commerce and Industry.
  He is a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India and was 
appointed Additional Solicitor General in 1989.
  As a Minister, he pioneered the disinvestment program in India and 
helped usher in new telecom policy. The Fast Track Courts together with 
the reforms in the Civil Procedure Code and the Criminal Procedure Code 
are the highlights of his tenure as Law Minister.
  He also piloted comprehensive Company Law reforms and the law on 
Competition to bring the corporate legal framework in tune with 
liberalization and globalization.

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  Mr. Jaitley also steered the Indian Negotiations at the WTO during 
the challenging days in the run-up to the crucial ministerial meetings 
at Cancun in 2003. Under his leadership, a significant breakthrough was 
achieved by the Indian negotiators by forging the new alliance of G-20 
which brought the developing world to the center stage.
  I look forward to working with Mr. Jaitley as he continues to create 
employment and opportunity--not only in India--but in the United 
States.
  I also thank Mr. Sanjay Puri, CEO of the Alliance for U.S.-India 
Business, for uniting India's key leaders and U.S. lawmakers. I 
especially applaud him for highlighting Mr. Jaitley's work.

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