[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 80 (Thursday, June 18, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H4724]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




A SELECT COMMITTEE ON U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY SHOULD EXAMINE TECHNOLOGY 
                      TRANSFERS TO COMMUNIST 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, the first responsibility of Congress and 
this government is to protect the citizens of the United States from an 
outside attack and to be prepared to defend this great Nation. It 
appears that the Clinton administration, however, has woefully failed 
in this responsibility. If true, then they have failed this Congress, 
and regrettably they have failed America.
  I strongly support House Resolution 463 to establish a Select 
Committee on U.S. National Security to examine the illegal transfer of 
classified U.S. technology to Communist China. Mr. Speaker, this is not 
a partisan issue, this is not politics as usual. This is a national 
security issue that cuts to the very core of what we stand for and what 
we believe.
  We have equipped our military with the finest technology in the 
world. To deliberately allow that technology to fall into the hands of 
enemies places each and every soldier, sailor, airmen and marine at 
risk. Ultimately it needlessly places the Nation at risk.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this resolution. It is 
the right thing to do, our national security demands it, our military 
deserves it, our Nation expects it.

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