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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1987
GOVERNOR MEETS CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WAS MEETING TODAY U.S. TIME) WITH SOME OF THE MOST POWERFUL MEMBERS OF THE U.S. CONGRESS, AS WELL AS SEVERAL WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS.
IN A BUSY DAY ON CAPITOL HILL, HE WAS MEETING LEADERS OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE INFLUENTIAL ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES, AMONG THEM REFUGEES AND TRADE LEGISLATION.
SIR DAVID DISCUSSED REFUGEE PROBLEMS WITH CONGRESSMAN ROMANO MAZZOLI IN THE MORNING, AND IN THE AFTERNOON WAS DUE TO MEET SENATOR ALAN SIMPSON. THE TWO WERE LAST YEAR THE CO-SPONSORS OF THE SIMPSON-MAZZOLI BILL, WHICH BECAME THE IMMIGRATION REFORM ACT OF 1986. ONE OF ITS PROVISIONS RAISED HONG KONG'S IMMIGRATION QUOTA TO THE UNITED STATES FROM 600 TO 5,000.
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IN HIS MEETING WITH CONGRESSMAN MAZZOLI, SIR DAVID POINTED THAT HONG KONG HAD A TWO-TRACK APPROACH TO SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF ITS VIETNAMESE REFUGEES, WITH RE-SETTLEMENT AS AN OBJECTIVE IN THE SHORT TERM, AND IN THE LONGER TERM REPATRIATION TO VIETNAM UNDER ACCEPTABLE CIRCUMSTANCES.
THE GOVERNOR WAS ALSO MEETING SEVERAL INFLUENTIAL MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, WHICH IS PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR DECIDING WHICH BILLS WILL ADVANCE THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND WHICH WILL BE PUT ON HOLD.
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SIR DAVID MET CONGRESSMAN BILL FRENZEL, A MEMBER OF THE TRADE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE WAYS AND MEANS EMPHASISED TO CONGRESSMAN FRENZEL THAT HONG KONG EXAMPLE OF A FREE TRADER, AND THAT U.S. EXPORTS TO THE UNDERGONE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE RECENTLY, POINTING OUT THAT HONG KONG WAS A MAJOR MARKET FOR U.S. GOODS, INCLUDING TEXTILE FABRICS.
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ALSO AT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SIR DAVID CONGRESSMAN TOM FOLEY, WHO AS MAJORITY LEADER IS SECOND ONLY TO SPEAKER IN THE HOUSE LEADERSHIP, GIVING HIM A KEY ROLE IN THE PROGRESS OF ALL. LEGISLATION. SIR DAVID AND CONGRESSMAN FOLEY DISCUSSED TRADE LEGISLATION, AND NOTED THAT THE RECENT RECORD DROPS ON STOCK EXCHANGES WORLD-WIDE DEMONSTRATED THE GROWING LEVEL OF INTERDEPENDENCE OF THE WORLD TRADING SYSTEMS.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE LUNCH, SIR DAVID WAS SCHEDULED ΤΟ MEET PRESIDENT REAGAN'S ASSISTANT FOR LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, WILL BALL, AND THE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND PLANNING, THOMAS ORIESCOM.
IN THE AFTERNOON, SIR DAVID WAS TO MEET CONGRESSMAN DAN ROSTENKOWSKI, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, AND CONGRESSMAN SAM GIBBONS, WHO CHAIRS ITS TRADE SUBCOMMITTEE.
AT THE SENATE, HE WAS DUE ΤΟ MEET SENATOR LLOYD BENTSEN, CHAIRMAN OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND SENATOR BOB PACKWOOD, FORMERLY CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE AND NOW RANKING REPUBLICAN MEMBER.
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