[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 74 (Tuesday, June 3, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H3217-H3218]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 INTRODUCING RESOLUTION TO DENY MOST-FAVORED-NATION TRADING STATUS TO 
                            COMMUNIST CHINA

  (Mr. SOLOMON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, today I and a bipartisan group of Members 
of the House, including Democrats and some of the Republican 
leadership, are introducing a resolution to deny most-favored-nation 
trading status to Communist China.
  Once again we have witnessed the utter failure of granting favorable 
terms of trade to China. Here is what it has brought us over the last 
year:
  The purchase of Russian missiles specifically designed to take out 
American ships and kill American sailors;
  A $40 billion trade deficit, approaching $50 billion now, mostly 
caused by the importation of slave-labor goods in this country;
  Attempts to buy influence and use U.S. elections and conduct economic 
espionage against the United States of America;
  A renewed crackdown on religion and preparations for a crackdown on 
liberties in Hong Kong;
  But most of all, continued missile and chemical weapons shipments to 
Iran and Pakistan that will someday kill tens of thousands of innocent 
human beings, including soldiers who will be called to the rescue, as 
they were in the Persian Gulf.

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  I would ask Members to support this resolution when it comes to the 
floor.

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