[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 57 (Wednesday, May 11, 1994)]
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 UNITED STATES COMPANIES SHOULD HALT TRADING WITH THE CHINESE MILITARY

  (Mr. WOLF asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WOLF. Madam Speaker, last night NBC's Dateline did its most 
recent expose on a Chinese corporation called NORINCO that is flooding 
the American market with guns, toys, and other products--all to the 
direct benefit of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. American 
consumers are unknowingly lining the coffers of the butchers of Beijing 
through military front companies like NORINCO that are selling guns, 
rugs, toilet seats, and toys to Kmart, Walmart, and Home Depot.
  I applaud NBC and the AFL-CIO for bringing this to the attention of 
the American public and urge Members to sign my letters to the board 
chairmen of Kmart and Home Depot, asking them to halt immediately their 
trade with the Chinese military.
  I respect those on the other side of the MFN question who say that 
trade will eventually bring liberty--but trade that directly empowers 
the same military that attacked thousands of prodemocracy demonstrators 
in Tiananmen Square clearly hinders democratic progress in China and 
should be stopped immediately.
  At some point, we must say ``no'' to cheap labor that both hurts 
American jobs and strengthens the hand of repression in China. In this 
case, the question is clear. Say no to funding the Chinese military and 
sign my letters to Kmart and Home Depot.

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