John B. Breaux: “I will just use this time to make a comment about a resolution that is soon to be introduced in a bipartisan fashion…”

“I will just use this time to make a comment about a resolution that is soon to be introduced in a bipartisan fashion, dealing with trade practices between our country and the country of Japan. As many may have recognized recently in the news, we have been involved in a very long and very serious dispute with the country of Japan regarding access, opening up their ports to our industries the same way that our American ports are open to Japanese ships when they call on United States ports here in this country. This dispute has been going on for a number of years. It has gotten to be very, very serious. We will soon be introducing a resolution. We have talked to Chairman Helms and Majority Leader Lott and our Democratic leader, Tom Daschle. I know Senator Hollings is very interested in this as well. We worked on a resolution, which will be introduced, which will commend the administration and also the Federal Maritime Commission for their efforts to date in bringing this 15-year problem with the Japanese port practices to a successful conclusion.”