[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 109 (Tuesday, August 9, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 9, 1994]
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           SUPPORT URGED FOR THE PRESIDENT'S POLICY ON CHINA

  (Mr. TUCKER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TUCKER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the President's 
policy on China and therefore I urge a ``yes'' vote on the Hamilton 
alternative to H.R. 4590. I think we all agree that the human rights 
situation in China has a long way to go before meeting our 
expectations. The question before us today is, how are we going to 
influence and move China and its nearly 1.2 billion people toward a 
more democratic, peaceful, and humanitarian direction?
  Mr. Speaker, China is a big country, we must use a multilateral 
approach to improve the treatment of the Chinese people. We do not need 
to unilaterally provoke China into retaliating against the sanctions 
contained in H.R. 4590. H.R. 4590 advances the artificial link of 
economic activity to human rights thereby causing pain to all involved. 
I urge my colleagues to vote for the Hamilton substitute to H.R. 4590.

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