[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 70 (Wednesday, June 3, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H3978]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                ON CHINA

  (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, just when we think we have heard it all, 
yesterday China asked the United States for this, and get this, 
permanent most-favored-nation trading status. It seems that the Chinese 
feel that our annual congressional reviews are an obstacle, a roadblock 
to improved relations between the United States and China. Did my 
colleagues catch that? It is Congress' fault that our countries are not 
closer.
  Mr. Speaker, several obstacles to better U.S. China relations come to 
mind, but none of them are the fault of the United States Congress. It 
was 9 years ago this week that China cracked down on pro-democracy 
protesters in Tiananmen Square; 250 people are still jailed as a result 
of that protest. China has been implicated in a scheme to funnel money 
to the DNC. This administration placed business issues over U.S. 
national security by approving the transfer of highly classified 
missile technology to the Chinese. Now the CIA says that China has at 
least 13 nuclear-tipped missiles pointed at the United States.
  Most-favored-nation status? My foot.

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