I stand in support of H.J. Resolution 51. Let no one be fooled. What this basically does is normalize the trade relationship with Vietnam. We are trying to have a bilateral trade relationship with this country. I am very proud of the fact that the State of Oklahoma was the first State to have an office in Vietnam to do trade. We are still the only office basically there that has a presence, but we have an office there, and we have people there. Yes, Oklahomans are there trying to engage in having a normal trade relationship, but we are also trying to work with educational and cultural exchanges, because we know the only way we are going to resolve the human rights problems are to be able to engage and be able to carry on that conversation one on one with our values, our values.
Wes Watkins: “I stand in support of H.J. Resolution 51. Let no one be fooled. What this basically does is normalize the trade…”
On the recordSeptember 6, 2001
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Discussing support for H.J. Resolution 51 to normalize trade relations with Vietnam.
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