6月16日：美國眾議院台灣聽證會 http://www.hcfa.house.gov

台灣為何重要：眾議院外交事務委員會聽證會  http://www.hcfa.house.gov

【洛杉磯訊】美國福爾摩莎基金會（Formosa Foundation）很榮幸與您即時分享：眾議院外交事務委員會主席雷婷恩，已經正式宣佈她將於本月16日召集一全委員會聽證會，來喚起各界重視台灣對美國的重要性。

經過美國福爾摩莎基金會多年來持續與羅斯‧雷婷恩辦公室協議，終於爭取到雷婷恩主席今天正式在外委會網站發佈聲明，以"台灣為何重要"為主題召開專題聽證會。即將在下週四­舉辦的聽證會，將創紀錄成為暌違國會多年以來首度以台灣為專題所召集的眾議院外交事務委員會聽證會，其重要性不言可喻。雷婷恩本週六將出席基金會在台灣會館與台美人社團合­辦的演講，預料她將公開說明聽證會相關細節。

基金會執行長賈泰麗(Terri J. Giles)讚揚羅斯‧雷婷恩是「民主與自由的鬥士」。賈泰麗並強調：「羅斯‧雷婷恩是台灣在美國國會最堅強的支持者之一，我們很感激她把台灣這個關鍵議題帶進國會並呈現­在美國人民面前」。期待您和我們一起親自見證這歷史性的一刻。若不克親至華府，您可以上美國眾議院網站同步收看。

The OPEN hearing of the Committee on Foreign Affairs will be held in Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building (and available live, via the WEBCAST link on the Committee website at http://www.hcfa.house.gov ).

Dear Friends,

We are thrilled to share the news that Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, has formally announced that she will hold a full committee hearing on June 16 to call attention to Taiwan’s important to the United States.

For several years, The Formosa Foundation has been in discussions with Ros-Lehtinen about a hearing in Congress on the issue of Taiwan. Earlier this year, I sat down with the Congresswoman who confirmed that she would call a hearing in the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on the subject of "Why Taiwan Matters." Today, she has made it official.  I anticipated that the Chairman will speak in detail about the June 16^th hearing this Saturday at an event that we are co-hosting in Los Angeles.

We are grateful to Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, one of the greatest supporters of the Taiwanese people in Washington and a champion for democracy and liberty, for bringing this critical issue before Congress and the American people. I hope you can join us in Washington for this special event.

Terri

Terri J. Giles

Executive Director, Formosa Foundation

350 S. Figueroa Street - Suite 275

Los Angeles, CA 90071

www.formosafoundation.org

FULL COMMITTEE HEARING NOTICE

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515-0128

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chairman

June 8, 2011

                You are respectfully requested to attend an OPEN hearing of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, to be held in Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building (and available live, via the WEBCAST link on the Committee website at http://www.hcfa.house.gov):

DATE:                                    Thursday, June 16, 2011

TIME:                                    10:00 a.m.

SUBJECT:                             Why Taiwan Matters

WITNESSES:                       Panel 1:

The Honorable Kurt Campbell (Invited)

                                        Assistant Secretary of State

East Asian and Pacific Affairs

The Honorable Derek Mitchell (Invited)

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

Asian and Pacific Security Affairs

Panel 2:

Ms. June Teufel Dreyer

Professor of Political Science at University of Miami

Senior Fellow at Foreign Policy Research Institute

Mr. Randall G. Schriver

Partner at Armitage International LLC.

Senior Associate at Center for Strategic and International Studies

Mr. Rupert J. Hammond-Chambers

President of the U.S.-Taiwan Business Council

Member of National Committee on United States-China Relations

Ms. Nancy Bernkopf Tucker

Professor, School of Foreign Service

Georgetown University

*NOTE: Witnesses subject to change.