[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 90 (Tuesday, June 24, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H4227]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               CHINA MFN

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning to urge my colleagues 
to join me in support of House Joint Resolution 79, to disapprove the 
extension of most-favored-nation status to China.
  The Chinese have enjoyed most-favored-nation status for more than 17 
years, yet they continue to turn a blind eye to unspeakable human 
rights violations; they continue to proliferate weapons of mass 
destruction to countries such as Pakistan and Iran and other countries 
which support terrorism. They continue to blatantly violate our 
existing trade agreements. Still, there are those who would argue that 
the way to solve these problems is to extend MFN status and to maintain 
the status quo.
  Mr. Speaker, we have tried leading by example and the Chinese 
Government has made it abundantly clear that they are not willing to 
change. Mr. Speaker, Americans should not be forced to accept the 
cavalier conduct of the People's Republic of China. I rise to urge my 
colleagues to vote yes on House Joint Resolution 79.




                          ____________________