[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 7009]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               HONORING PRESIDENT MA YING-JEOU OF TAIWAN

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                          HON. RANDY HULTGREN

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 16, 2012

  Mr. HULTGREN. Mr. Speaker, Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou celebrates 
his second inauguration on May 20. With determination and courage, he 
has done what most pundits thought was impossible.
  Through his initiatives with China he has achieved lessening tensions 
between the two governments while maintaining the integrity of Taiwan's 
people and their free and democratic society.
  These strategic steps, assumed by many to fail, have in fact produced 
excellent results. Taiwan, long a major world trader, has opened up 
trade channels with mainland China which have been accompanied by 
tourists from the mainland. All this has been achieved while 
maintaining Taiwan's security.
  Peace in the Taiwan Strait, which President Ma has worked toward, is 
of great importance to us as a Nation; for peace, among other 
humanitarian advantages, lessens the need for the United States to 
deploy more of our military resources to the region.
  I congratulate President Ma and wish him well in his second term.

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