[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 63 (Wednesday, May 14, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H2599]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    WILL THE STATUS QUO IN CHINA BECOME THE STATUS QUO IN HONG KONG

  (Mr. WOLF asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, this week, Newsweek magazine, which is the 
country's premier news magazine, focused on Hong Kong and its return to 
China later this summer. The world is waiting to see if what has become 
the status quo in the People's Republic of China will become the status 
quo in Hong Kong.
  How long will it take until those who desire to express their love of 
a Democratic system be banned from public process? How long will it 
take for pastors and priests and religious leaders to be barred from 
practicing their faith freely and leading believers in worship and 
obtaining Bibles and other spiritual material?
  If we want to protect Hong Kong, the best thing that we can do for 
this House is to vote to deny MFN for China, because that will send a 
message to the Chinese Government like no other message that we could 
send. I strongly urge my colleagues to read this article in Newsweek.

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