[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 74 (Wednesday, June 10, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H4337]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   EXPLANATION REQUIRED ON U.S. MISSILE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS TO CHINA

  (Mr. BARR of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARR of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, India conducts nuclear tests; 
Pakistan then conducts nuclear tests; China we know transfers nuclear 
technology to Pakistan, to Iran, and possibly other nations. Now it 
turns out that the United States gave missile technology to China. That 
is right, Communist China, the same country that has transferred that 
technology to Pakistan, Iran and possibly other adversaries. Though, 
not to worry, we are told, the Communist Chinese have assured us they 
will not do it anymore.
  It is time, Mr. Speaker, for Congress to examine how the President of 
the United States has become the Proliferator-in-Chief. It is time for 
the White House to explain how it is that transferring authority for 
technology waivers from the State Department to the Commerce Department 
is in our national interests.
  Why will the White House not respond to the May 1997 Pentagon report 
that concluded, ``National security has been harmed,'' as a result of 
the technology transfers arising from China's February 1996 rocket 
failure? The Proliferator-in-Chief should respond to these questions 
before the next nuclear tests take the world by surprise yet again.

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