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From: Andi Wolos & Bob Necci
(POW-MIA InterNetwork)

Re: Subcommittee Supports Waivers

Date: June 24, 1998

The House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee has voted to support the Whitewash House's efforts to shore up and open up trade with Vietnam.

Although Vietnam, along with North Korea, Laos, and three other nations, is denied Most Favored Nation status, it appears the Jackson-Vanik waiver is setting the Communist country up for special treatment. Although Vietnam is ineligible for MFN status because a bilateral treaty has yet to be hammered out, the waivers granted in March and June will allow them to amass investment guarantees and government credits.

MOC Dana Rohrabacher has steadfastly argued against the waiver and has proposed legislation that would allow Congress to reject the waiver. In a voice vote, the panel reported the measure 'adversely' to the full committee. That particular motion tells us that Congress is opposed to the measure and it will be an uphill fight to get it passed.

Once again, with dollar signs in their eyes, Congress does what it pleases and ignores its duty and responsibility to the men and women who went missing, were captured or died in some God-forsaken place.

Congress = Our tax dollars at work... for the communists.