Mr. President. I rise today as the chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs to inform my colleagues that. as predicted in the press over the weekend. the administration will announce this afternoon that it has agreed to issue a visa to President Lee Tenghui of the Republic of China on Taiwan for a private visit to his alma mater. I am very pleased that the administration has finally decided to take this step. The feeling in Congress on this issue has been very strong. as evidenced by the near unanimous votes in the last 2 weeks on the resolution calling on the State Department to allow the visit.