Dear all:

FAPA organized a congressional staff briefing on a U.S.-Taiwan free trade agreement this morning (4/28 Wed), cosponsored by the Institute for International Development Studies and the NATPA. We have the honor of having three House of Representatives attend this event and speak out for an FTA with Taiwan. They are Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Armed Services Committee member Rep. Robert Andrews (D-NJ) and Taiwan Caucus member Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ). FAPA President and Vice President, Drs. Bob Yang and Mark Kao took the time to join us. The event was well-attended by over forty congressional staffers and the press, including Congressional Quarterly, one of the most influential publications on Capitol Hill, and Washington Trade Daily.

When we met with Rep. Ros-Lehtinen's key foreign policy advisor about this event, we equated ECFA with a "Trojan Horse" that will wreck havoc Taiwan's economy and harm the interests of the people of Taiwan. Much to our delight, Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen used that metaphor in her remarks. Rep. Andrews also took a page from our talking points and expressed his worries that "ECFA will have Taiwan 'caged' within China's burgeoning economic clout."

Below are the remarks from Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen and press statement from Rep. Scott Garrett.

Regards,
Iris

• 亞特蘭大台灣同鄉會歷任會長 
  屆 Year Name
  1 1973 林富文
  2 1974 黃澄波
  3 1975 杜慶芳
  4 1976 張哲彰 / 曾恆輝
  5 1977 張信雄
  6 1978 陳恆義
  7 1979 鄭瑞明
  8 1980 許得茗
  9 1981 葉文書
  10 1982 張信雄
  11 1983 莊光輝
  12 1984 陳獻士
  13 1985 曾恆輝
  14 1986 施能振
  15 1987 曾恆輝
  16 1988 蕭美媛
  17 1989 陳恆義
  18 1990 劉文章
  19 1991 鄭雪芹
  20 1992 陳獻士
  21 1993 郭重國
  22 1994 張信雄
  23 1995 施能振
  24 1996 許蕙茹
  25 1997 陳偉仁
  26 1998 黃素紅
  27 1999 戴瑞龍
  28 2000 劉繁信
  29 2001 周錦源
  30 2002 李英毅
  31 2003 顏經邦
  32 2004 黃壽銘
  33 2005 陳富美
  34 2006 陳妙姍 (1~9) / 顏經邦
  35 2007 林俊雄
• 36 2008 林世清
• 37 2009 葉文書