Tom Harkin: “a number of prominent United States business leaders have asked the State Department to resume OPIC support for…”

“a number of prominent United States business leaders have asked the State Department to resume OPIC support for investment in Pakistan so that American business interests are promoted in that region. In no other country in South Asia is OPIC prohibited from providing support and assistance. I have examples, a number of letters of United States businesses urging the administration to resume OPIC's support of Pakistan. Mr. President, I have letters from several different companies that I have here that have written letters asking that OPIC be allowed to resume in Pakistan so that they can begin to invest in Pakistan--a letter from Occidental Oil and Gas; a letter from MCI Communications; a letter from Solar Turbines, a Caterpillar Company; a letter from Alpha- Gamma Technologies, Inc., in Raleigh, NC; a letter from Boston Technology, Inc., in Wakefield, MA; a letter from Hawkins Oil & Gas, Inc., in Oklahoma; a letter from Tenaska International, Omaha, NE; and several other letters.”