[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 99 (Wednesday, July 22, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H6074]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        CHINA'S MISSILE ARSENAL

  (Mr. RYUN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RYUN. Mr. Speaker, Pentagon intelligence officials are reporting 
that communist China will add eight ICBM missiles to its arsenal. That 
is in addition to the 13 nuclear missiles that it already has pointed 
at American citizens.
  This weekend the President said that he would veto the defense bill 
over a House provision blocking the transfer of missile technology to 
China.
  Mr. President, exactly whose side are you on? China is not a friendly 
ally. It aggressively builds nuclear missiles and aims them at American 
children. What is the Commander in Chief's response? Will he build a 
missile defense system? No. He vetoed that legislation 3 years ago.
  The President has no response to the news that China is building 
more, not less, nuclear missiles to aim at American children. Instead, 
he has threatened to veto the only legislation that attempts to stem 
the flow of technology between the Clinton White House and Beijing.
  Mr. President, shame on you. I yield back my time and any missile 
technology secrets that the administration cares to keep from the 
communists.

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