[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 73 (Tuesday, June 9, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H4248-H4249]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
ADMINISTRATION MUST END POLICY OF SUPPLYING MASS DESTRUCTION TO ANYONE
WILLING TO PAY FOR IT
(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, last weekend a bomb exploded on a Pakistani
train. Pakistan in turn immediately blamed India, its longtime
adversary, for the death and destruction and vowed revenge. For many
Americans now this tragedy makes a potential of a nuclear exchange
between Pakistan and India a very, very real occurrence.
But, Mr. Speaker, the most alarming part of this scenario is that
this administration and Communist China are responsible for helping
both Pakistan and India acquire their nuclear technology that now
threatens the peace in our world. Americans are just learning that this
administration and its Commerce Department are responsible for selling
nuclear weapons and missile guidance technology to China. Then China
nearly provided this technology that Pakistan needed for its fledgling
nuclear program. Meanwhile U.S. companies like Digital and IBM were
playing a huge role in India's advances by supplying them with
supercomputers.
Mr. Speaker, this administration has let the fire-breathing nuclear
dragon out of its cage. The time has come for this administration to
end its policy of promoting and licensing mass destruction to anyone
who is willing to pay for it.
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