[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 74 (Tuesday, June 14, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: June 14, 1994]
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   AMERICA'S RETREAT FROM ITS COMMITMENT TO THE PRINCIPLE OF FREEDOM

  (Mr. ROHRABACHER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROHRABACHER. Madam Speaker, with the cold war over, one would 
have expected America to emerge as an even more aggressive champion of 
human rights and democracy. Instead, in recent days we have seen a 
retreat from America's commitment to freedom as a fundamental 
principle.
  Madam Speaker, this administration not only supports most-favored-
nation status for Communist China, in spite of massive human rights 
violations and cultural genocide in Tibet, but the administration also 
has decoupled, totally decoupled, the discussion of trade and human 
rights with this monstrous violator or of human liberty. It was the 
most destructive setback for human liberty in decades.
  Madam Speaker, this administration has rushed ahead to lift the 
embargo, the economic embargo on Vietnam, without demanding any 
democratic reform or any new respect for human rights.

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  Now word comes that President Li of the Republic of China returning 
back to the Republic of China from a diplomatic mission in Latin 
America asked to spend the evening in Hawaii instead of just having to 
refuel for a few moments. He was denied permission to do so. It is an 
insult to democracy. He deserves an apology. The American people 
deserve better leadership.

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