[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 93 (Tuesday, July 14, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H5416-H5417]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO CHINA SYMBOLIC OF MANY THINGS

  (Mr. HEFLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Speaker, the President just got back from his trip to 
China, and I read in the newspaper while we were home for the break 
that this trip was symbolic. I began to think, what is it symbolic of?
  I think it is symbolic, maybe, that the President told them 
``symbolically'' that we do not care that they are building the biggest 
nuclear arsenal in the world; and we do not care that they are selling 
that technology to people around the world; and ``symbolically'' the 
President was also saying that we do not care that they are invading a 
little nation like Tibet, that never hurt anybody, and have occupied it 
for all these years; and ``symbolically'' he is saying that we do not 
care that they persecute people because of their faith and their 
beliefs and religion; and he is telling them ``symbolically'' that we 
do not care that they

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threatened Taiwan, that could not do them any damage, and that they 
even threatened the cities on the West Coast of the United States; and 
``symbolically'' the President said, oh, it is okay that their army 
gave money to his reelection campaign.
  And to show them ``symbolically'' that we do not mind any of this, we 
are going to give them some missile technology to help their 
intercontinental ballistic missiles function more appropriately.
  The President must be proud of his symbolism.

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