[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 6622]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              35TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT

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                        HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR.

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 30, 2014

  Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, the Taiwan Relations Act, 
signed into law 35 years ago on April 10, 1979 by President Jimmy 
Carter, officially recognizes the unique relationship between Taiwan 
and the United States.
  Taiwan is one of our closest allies and best friends in the world.
  The University of Tennessee started having a large number of students 
coming from Taiwan in the early 1960s because a man from that nation, 
Nelson Nee, was head of the U.T. International Students Program. Many 
of these students became, and many still are, leaders in the Republic 
of China.
  I had the privilege of spending a week in Taiwan along with 
Congressman Pete Sessions and former Congressman Sonny Callahan around 
10 years ago. The Taiwanese people could not have been kinder or more 
impressive to us than during that visit.
  I am thankful for the friendship of the people from Taiwan and 
honored to mark the 35th Anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act.

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