[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 66 (Thursday, May 21, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H3632]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 WHITE HOUSE TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY TO CHINA

  (Mr. TIAHRT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, the shift of the responsibility by the 
Clinton administration for licensing the export of advanced technology 
has created dangerous foreign policy and potentially jeopardized our 
Nation's security.
  The administration is stripping the State Department and the 
Department of Defense from overseeing the export of advanced 
technology. The result of this questionable policy is the export of 
advanced satellite technology which can be used to perfect the 
targeting of nuclear weapons to a hostile country like Communist China.
  This raises serious questions, as was pointed out in a column by Mark 
Levin in today's Washington Times. Questions like, what national 
security interest was served when President Clinton personally 
intervened, overruling objections from the Pentagon and the State 
Department, to approve further technology transfers to the Communist 
Chinese? Which Clinton administration officials were involved in this 
decision?
  After the Justice Department opened a criminal investigation into the 
unauthorized technology transfer to the Communist Chinese in February 
of 1996, why were the companies involved not suspended, at least 
temporarily, from exporting further?
  Mr. Speaker, potentially this could be a stunning betrayal of 
American interests and national security. I urge my colleagues to join 
me in holding the administration accountable for this dangerous 
transfer of technology.

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