[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 56 (Thursday, May 7, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H2934]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   PROHIBIT TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE CHINA'S MISSILE PROGRAM

  (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, has the White House gone fishing, or are 
they just somewhere out there, lost in space?
  I know I should not be surprised, but quite frankly, I am shocked 
that the Clinton administration is giving classified American missile 
technology to China. While this administration publicly pats itself on 
the back for nurturing relations with China, China is spreading this 
missile technology around the world, including rogue and terrorist 
nations.
  The space cadets in this administration are trying so hard to push a 
bad policy that they just approved the transfer of classified missile 
technology to China's Great Wall Industries.
  In case you did not know, Great Wall Industries supplies and builds 
components for China's nuclear missiles. Americans are asking: Is this 
administration trying to inhale in the vacuum of space, or is this just 
plain ignorance on their part?
  It is time we sent a clear message to these space balls that Congress 
will not reward bad behavior or bad policy. It is time for us to 
prohibit the transfer of nuclear technology that can be used to enhance 
China's missile program.

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