Haley Stevens: “this is an amendment that we hope will bring about an awareness of Government officials of Uruguay of a very sad…”

“this is an amendment that we hope will bring about an awareness of Government officials of Uruguay of a very sad situation with regard to the fishing assets from Washington State and Alaska that were entered into in a joint venture with a seafood company in Uruguay. What happened was that the assets of the Americans were seized after they were in Uruguay territory, and the joint venture that was supposed to be forthcoming was dissolved by actions of the Uruguay citizens. I offer this amendment sort of in frustration, trying to see if we can work out with the Uruguay Embassy here and officials in the State Department at Montevideo a resolution of this problem. I hope that it has the salutary effect of calling the attention of the Uruguay Government to a very unsatisfactory development with regard to our business relationships. I urge adoption of the amendment.”