[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 96 (Wednesday, June 26, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6851]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   NO APPEASEMENT OR MFN FOR BEIJING

  (Mr. FUNDERBURK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. FUNDERBURK. Madam Speaker, appeasement of dictators is always bad 
policy. When Neville Chamberlain left Munich after meeting with Adolf 
Hitler, he said we have ``peace in our time.'' Appeasement is a sign of 
weakness which only whets the appetite of dictators. Now we want to 
appease the Communist Chinese dictators once more, and we will lose 
because of it. I know, I saw first-hand the United States appease 
Ceausescu when I lived in Communist Romania for 6 years.
  After last year's MFN, Beijing's human rights record is even worse. 
Persecution of Christians has increased. Nuclear weapons transfers are 
taking place, and slave labor continues.
  Are we getting hurt in the trade relationship? We are really getting 
hurt. It mainly benefits Beijing. In 1995, the United States exported 
$11.7 billion of goods to China and we imported $45.6 billion in 
return, a colossal trade deficit of $33.9 billion.
  In North Carolina, textile mills and other companies are closing down 
and people are losing jobs because of slave labor produced goods being 
dumped on the U.S. market. It is time to look out for America's 
interest in jobs. No MFN for Communist China.

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