[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 71 (Thursday, June 4, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H4069]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
WHO IS MINDING THE STORE?
(Mr. WELDON of Florida asked and was given permission to address the
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. WELDON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, to look at American policy of
helping China develop its missile and rocket programs, one can only ask
who is minding the store. While most Americans would think that we
should not be arming our adversaries, apparently there are some in this
administration who think otherwise. This is liberalism at its most
mindless and most dangerous.
How else to explain the administration's policy of helping Communist
China develop its missile and rocket program? How else to explain the
administration's decision to allow the Commerce Department to overrule
the Justice Department and the Pentagon in matters of national
security? How else do we explain the administration's decision to help
China to perfect its Long March missile? How else do we explain the
administration's policy of arming the same country that reportedly has
13 long-range strategic missiles pointed at the United States?
I cannot explain it, and I do not know how the administration is
going to attack their accusers this time. It is the American people who
are demanding answers.
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