[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 27, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H2876]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           CHINA ARMING IRAN

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Madam Speaker, China just sold patrol boats armed with 
state-of-the-art cruise missiles to Iran. Let me repeat. China just 
sold cruise missiles to Iran.
  Now, the last time I checked, Iran is still listed as a terrorist 
nation by America, and, No. 2, the leaders of Iran refer to Uncle Sam 
as ``the Great Satan.''
  This is unbelievable. China continues to arm, aid, and abet Iran, 
America's No. 1 enemy, and after all of this, the Congress of the 
United States rewards China with most-favored-nation trade status. Beam 
me up, Madam Speaker.
  Our policy with China not only kills American jobs, it destabilizes 
the world, threatens American security, and people around here are 
granting them most-favored-nation trade status. I suspect today that 
not only are there a lot more people in Washington, DC, smoking dope, 
they are inhaling every single day.

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