It is acceptable to the distinguished chairman of the committee and I gather to the ranking minority member as well. I offer it on behalf not only of myself. but my very good friend from the State of Washington . the ranking minority member of the Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs. It is designed to correct an inequity in our immigration policy toward Taiwan. It would extend to Taiwan eligibility for up to 20.000 immigrant visas a year which was taken away from them inadvertently at the time we normalized our relationship with the Peoples Republic of China. We have found a formula for inclusion in this legislation which is acceptable to the Peoples Republic of China and it would therefore not have any adverse consequences for our relationship with them. but it would restore a right which the people on Taiwan had previously without in any way increasing the number of immigrants we admit to our country each year. I think this is a simple matter of fairness and equity.
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