[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 95 (Wednesday, June 25, 2003)]
[House]
[Pages H5850-H5853]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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 CALLING ON CHINA TO IMMEDIATELY AND UNCONDITIONALLY RELEASE DR. YANG 
                                 JIANLI

  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and 
agree to the resolution (H. Res. 199) calling on the Government of the 
People's Republic of China immediately and unconditionally to release 
Dr. Yang Jianli, calling on the President of the United States to 
continue working on behalf of Dr. Yang Jianli for his release, and for 
other purposes, as amended.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                              H. Res. 199

       Whereas according to the United States Department of 
     State's 2002 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices in 
     China, the Government of the People's Republic of China has 
     ``continued to commit numerous and serious [human rights] 
     abuses'', including ``instances of . . . arbitrary arrest and 
     detention, lengthy incommunicado detention, and denial of due 
     process'';
       Whereas according to the 2002 Country Reports on Human 
     Rights Practices in China, ``the country's criminal 
     procedures were not in compliance with international 
     standards'', ``the lack of due process in the judicial system 
     remained a serious problem'', and ``authorities routinely 
     violated legal protections in the cases of political 
     dissidents'';
       Whereas Dr. Yang Jianli, an internationally renowned 
     scholar, prodemocracy activist, and President of the 
     Foundation for China in the 21st Century, is an alien 
     lawfully admitted for permanent residence into the United 
     States;
       Whereas Dr. Yang Jianli has been detained incommunicado by 
     the Government of the People's Republic of China since April 
     26, 2002, when he was arrested for reportedly entering China 
     with false or incomplete identity documents;
       Whereas according to the United Nations Commission on Human 
     Rights Resolution 1997/38, ``prolonged incommunicado 
     detention may . . . itself constitute a form of cruel, 
     inhuman, or degrading treatment'', which is prohibited by 
     international law;
       Whereas Dr. Yang Jianli has been deprived of his basic 
     human rights by being denied access to legal counsel and 
     contact with his wife and two children (who are United States 
     citizens), and has also been denied his right to trial within 
     a reasonable time or to release;
       Whereas on May 7, 2003, the United Nations Working Group on 
     Arbitrary Detention expressed the opinion that ``[t]he non-
     observance of Mr. Yang Jianli's right to a fair trial is of 
     such gravity as to give his deprivation of liberty an 
     arbitrary character. Therefore, his arrest and detention is 
     arbitrary being in contravention of Article 9 of the 
     Universal Declaration on Human Rights and of Article 9 of the 
     International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights''; and
       Whereas the arbitrary imprisonment and the violation of the 
     human rights of United States citizens and permanent resident 
     aliens by the Government of the People's Republic of China 
     are sources of continuing, grave concern to the House of 
     Representatives: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That--
       (1) the House of Representatives--
       (A) condemns and deplores the incommunicado detention of 
     Dr. Yang Jianli, and calls for his immediate and 
     unconditional release;
       (B) condemns and deplores the lack of due process afforded 
     to Dr. Yang;
       (C) strongly urges the Government of the People's Republic 
     of China to respond to the repeated requests by Members of 
     the House of Representatives for information about Dr. Yang's 
     whereabouts and condition; and
       (D) strongly urges the Government of the People's Republic 
     of China to consider the implications for the broader 
     relationship between the United States and the People's 
     Republic of China of detaining permanent resident aliens of 
     the United States without providing them access to legal 
     counsel or family members; and
       (2) it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
     the United States--
       (A) should make the immediate release of Dr. Yang Jianli by 
     the Government of the People's Republic of China a top 
     concern of United States foreign policy;
       (B) should continue to make every effort to assist Dr. Yang 
     Jianli and his family while discussions of his release are 
     ongoing;
       (C) should make it clear to the Government of the People's 
     Republic of China that the detention of United States 
     citizens and permanent resident aliens and the infliction of 
     human rights violations on these groups are not in the 
     interest of the Government of the People's Republic of China 
     because they create obstacles to improved bilateral relations 
     and cooperation with the United States; and
       (D) should reiterate the deep concern of the United States 
     regarding the continued imprisonment of Dr. Yang Jianli and 
     other United States citizens and permanent resident aliens 
     whose human rights are being violated, and discuss their 
     legal status and immediate humanitarian needs with the 
     Government of the People's Republic of China.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Bass). Pursuant to the rule, the 
gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Smith) and the gentleman from California 
(Mr. Lantos) each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Smith).


                             General Leave

  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that 
all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and 
extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the resolution 
under consideration.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from New Jersey?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I 
may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I think as every Member of this body knows, the PRC and 
its leadership in Beijing would love to be regarded as a respected 
member of the international community. In pursuit of that goal, 
however, the PRC has sought and obtained membership in the World Trade 
Organization; and it has lobbied and received the Beijing Olympics of 
2008. However, trade volume alone, and there has been a great deal of 
trade volume particularly between the U.S. and China, is not really a 
measure of success, I would say to my colleagues. What really 
determines the quality of a country is how it treats its own citizens, 
and how it respects fundamental human rights.
  History shows that some very unsavory regimes held the Olympic games. 
We all remember the Nazi Olympic Games prior to the Second World War, 
but holding a game, having trade, having the air of respectability does 
not necessarily mean that it is a respectable regime.
  The government of Beijing has an enormous way to go, I would 
respectfully submit, to earn the international respect that it craves. 
The Chinese government, and I consider it to be a dictatorship, but if 
they really hope to earn respectability in the eyes of the world, they 
need to make some very needed fundamental changes, and there is a case 
in point that we raise today, and I thank the gentleman from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Frank) for bringing this resolution before us today.
  Dr. Yang Jianli is a compelling case. H. Res. 199, introduced by the 
gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Frank) highlights the case of this 
U.S. lawful permanent resident who has been unjustly detained 
incommunicado inside China since April 26, not of this year, but of 
last year, 14 months. Mr. Yang was arrested for reportedly entering 
China with false or incompletely identifying documents, has been denied 
access to counsel, contact with his wife Christina Fu and their two 
children, Anita and Aaron, and his right to a trial within a reasonable 
time.
  Frankly, Beijing remains more concerned about the research, at least 
that is our belief, that the internationally respected scholar Dr. 
Yang, who was conducting studies regarding labor unrest in China, 
rather than how he got into the country. It is all about what he was 
studying.
  Dr. Yang's research points to the dark side of the Chinese economic 
miracle, the so-called workers' paradise, where the working class 
remains the main victim of unemployment and forced early retirement due 
to the restructuring of State-owned enterprises. That then is Dr. 
Yang's major sin in Beijing's eyes. He was documenting the anger of 
workers directed at party bosses mired in personnel greed and 
corruption despite their official pledge to serve the people.

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  Beijing's loss of face in this case has only been compounded by the 
recent determination by the United States Working Group on Arbitrary 
Detention, which found that Mr. Yang's detention is arbitrary and in 
direct contravention of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. As 
the U.N. working group has so clearly pointed out, the continued 
arbitrary detention of this man is not the action of a great nation 
which seeks the full respect of the international community.
  The U.S. House of Representatives today is sending a clear, not 
ambiguous, message to the government of Beijing: Let Dr. Yang go, let 
him come home to his wife, his children. His wife is here with us and 
his children are on the floor of this House right now.
  We care about this man. We care about it in a bipartisan way, 
Democrats and Republicans. A lot divides us in this Chamber. The case 
of Dr. Yang unites us.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of our time
  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I might consume, 
and I rise in strong support of this resolution.
  First, Mr. Speaker, I want to commend my friend, the gentleman from 
New Jersey (Mr. Smith), and the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hyde), the 
distinguished chairman of the Committee on International Relations, for 
moving this resolution forward so expeditiously, but I particularly 
want to commend my dear friend and distinguished colleague from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Frank) for his outstanding leadership on this 
resolution and indeed on all human rights issues.
  Mr. Speaker, the resolution before the House addresses one human 
rights case that is unfortunately part of a much larger trend in modern 
day China. Over the past several years, the Chinese government has 
deliberately targeted naturalized Americans born in China and Chinese 
citizens permanently residing in the United States for harassment and 
imprisonment in the People's Republic of China.
  Instead of, as one would expect, welcoming Chinese-American talent, 
the People's Republic of China is sending the message to the Chinese 
diaspora that it returns to China at its own considerable risk.
  Mr. Speaker, in the case addressed in this resolution, Dr. Yang 
Jianli is a scholar and a leader of a prominent human rights 
organization. He is a permanent legal resident of the United States. He 
returned to the People's Republic of China in April of last year, and 
he has been detained incommunicado ever since that time. He has a wife 
and two children in the United States, all of whom are American 
citizens, and he has been unable to communicate with his family since 
the moment of his detention. He has been denied access to legal 
counsel.
  Mr. Speaker, it is imperative that Dr. Yang be released and allowed 
to return to his family in the United States as soon as possible. I 
would also urge the executive branch of our government to make his 
release a priority. Until Dr. Yang is released, an ominous shadow will 
lie over U.S.-Chinese relations. It is absolutely incomprehensible and 
insane that this great nation of 1.2 billion people should keep an 
American citizen, the father of two small American children, 
incommunicado in a Communist prison in China.
  I commend the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Frank) for 
introducing this resolution, and I urge all of my colleagues to support 
it.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Shimkus). Does the gentlewoman from 
Florida seek unanimous consent to control the balance of the time?
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Yes, I do, Mr. Speaker.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from Florida?
  There was no objection.
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to 
the gentleman from California (Mr. Cox), the chairman of the House 
Policy Conference.
  Mr. COX. Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairwoman for yielding me the 
time.
  I too rise in strong support of H. Res. 199 calling on the government 
of the People's Republic of China to immediately and unconditionally 
release Dr. Yang Jianli.
  Dr. Yang is being imprisoned for his love of democracy and his love 
of country. As a tireless fighter for human rights and democracy in 
China, Dr. Yang has remained faithful to his conscience and to his 
cause, even at the risk of imperiling his career and his life.
  Nearly 15 years ago, after studying in the United States for 4 years, 
Dr. Yang suspended his graduate studies and returned to the land of his 
birth, to China, to support the students who were working for democracy 
in Beijing. On June 4, 1989, he watched as the tanks rolled in 
Tiananmen Square and narrowly escaped himself while his fellow students 
and activists were imprisoned and executed.
  Throughout this ordeal his wife Christina Fu did not know if he was 
even alive. Today, Christina is being tortured in a living hell once 
more because once again she does not know whether the Chinese Communist 
Party will return her husband alive.
  Her husband's imprisonment violates all of the procedures and rules 
that the PRC has set out in law, and it confirms our worst fears, that 
when it comes to the denial of human rights, nothing in the People's 
Republic of China has really changed since 1989.
  Today's totalitarian regime continues to view freedom and liberty as 
dangerous threats to the existing order and acts accordingly, punishing 
democracy activists like Dr. Yang with ruthless impunity.
  He is a permanent resident of the United States. His family lives 
here. His wife Christina is with us in the Chamber as are his children 
Aaron and Anita. I have met with Christina and with his family many 
times over the last several month, and we have tried in every way to 
send our concerns to the rulers in Beijing. This American family 
deserves to have their father back, and this man, whose human rights 
are being abridged by the PRC's violation of its own laws and every 
international covenant that it had signed, deserves basic fairness.
  Dr. Yang has been held incommunicado in the People's Republic of 
China for over 13 months, incommunicado, meaning that nobody can talk 
to him. We cannot get the State Department to talk to him. We cannot 
see this American resident. We cannot report to his family in what 
condition he is. He has not been properly charged in violation of 
Beijing's own laws.
  Earlier this month on June 4, which incidentally was the 14th 
anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre, the United Nations Working Group 
on Arbitrary Detention found that China violated Dr. Yang Jianli's 
rights as a citizen, as a citizen of China, and violated his rights as 
a resident of the United States by detaining him in a Chinese prison 
with no access to family or to a lawyer. As a consequence of these 
actions, the working group concluded that China is violating the 
Universal Declaration on Human Rights and the International Covenant on 
Civil and Political Rights.

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  It is fitting that a U.N.-sponsored organization, with its diverse 
membership and international credentials, would single out the PRC for 
its dreadful behavior. The Working Group consisted of representatives 
from Algeria, France, Hungary, Paraguay, and Iran. That is right, even 
Iran has condemned this abuse of human rights by China. The PRC ought 
to be very ashamed.
  The day after the U.N. report, the Communist regime responded that it 
had complied with Chinese law by advising Dr. Yang's family of his 
detention via telephone. The PRC's statements conveniently avoid the 
discussion of any of the specific laws that govern the detention 
process. While claiming it provided a notice of detention, the regime 
in Beijing forgot to add its own procedural law requires that the 
family or employer of a detained person be notified within 24 hours of 
a detention. That formal notice of detention has been sorely absent for 
months.
  Moreover, while PRC law also permits detention of 37 days without a 
warrant in emergency situations, Dr. Yang has been illegally detained 
in China for more than a year. This blatant disregard for the due 
process of law is further evidence of the PRC's collective disdain 
towards the established rule of law. Despite the unambiguous text of 
its own laws and the

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weight of international condemnation, the communist regime continues to 
use deceit and manipulation to strengthen its totalitarian rule.
  Just as it persecutes men and women like Dr. Yang, the PRC is 
attempting to extend its coercion beyond. The House is also considering 
today House Resolution 277, legislation that I authored to condemn the 
PRC's crackdown on freedom of speech in Hong Kong. As the city with the 
strongest tradition of freedom in China, Hong Kong is an island of 
liberty in a sea of oppression. Preserving free speech in Hong Kong 
will help ensure that liberty flourishes not just for the people of 
Hong Kong but throughout the PRC, so that in the future we will not be 
on the floor with resolutions for individual heroes and heroines such 
as Dr. Yang Jianli.
  Mr. Speaker, securing liberty in the People's Republic of China and 
freedom for Dr. Yang are all part of the same struggle. The Chinese 
Communist Party must not be allowed to forget the sacrifices made at 
Tiananmen Square. They must not be allowed to extinguish the message of 
hope that Tiananmen survivors, like Dr. Yang, convey to the people of 
the People's Republic of China.
  Mr. Speaker, I commend my colleague, the gentleman from Massachusetts 
(Mr. Frank), for authoring this legislation; and I commend the 
gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hyde), as well as the ranking member, the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Lantos), for supporting freedom for Dr. 
Yang and freedom in China and around the world.
  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to yield such time as he may 
consume to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Frank), the author of 
this resolution and one of the most indefatigable fighters for human 
rights in this body.
  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, we often congratulate and 
thank each other when we take these microphones, but I have to say that 
I do so here with the greatest sincerity of which I am capable. The 
gentleman from California, who has drawn on his own life experience to 
become an unabashed, unceasing opponent of oppression everywhere, is an 
inspiration to us.
  I appreciate very much the chairman of the full committee, the 
gentleman from Illinois, for agreeing to bring this forward with great 
speed and allowing us to deal with it on a timetable that we hope will 
give it the maximum impact in freeing this brave man from a wholly 
unjustified imprisonment.
  To the gentleman from New Jersey, who chairs the subcommittee, he has 
been staunch in his advocacy; and I express my great appreciation as 
well to the gentleman from California (Mr. Cox), whose own expertise in 
dealing with the People's Republic of China has been built up over the 
years. He and my colleague, the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Capuano), have been indispensable allies and partners in this fight.
  And, Mr. Speaker, it is a very simple fight. We are saying to the 
government of the People's Republic of China, we understand your 
aspiration to be treated with all the respect due a great power. We ask 
you to act like one. We ask you to understand that even though there 
are many among us who differ with your form of government, are critical 
of some aspects of your society, we are prepared to recognize the fact 
of not just your existence but of your strength, of your power, and of 
your economy as it grows.
  We and the Chinese Government occupy the same Earth, and that 
requires us to cooperate even where there are areas of disagreement. 
But there are limits to the extent to which this Nation, with our 
commitment to our basic principles, can look the other way. There are 
limits to the extent to which we can say economic self-interest and 
geopolitical self-interest preempt concern for principle. And here we 
have an example.
  Mr. Speaker, Dr. Yang's crime is that he loved too much both liberty 
and China. Born in China, he worked as a Chinese citizen to bring to 
his fellow citizens the freedom that he understands is so important. He 
was expelled not because he hurt anyone, not because he stole anything, 
not because he mistreated anyone, but because he would not bridle his 
love of liberty; and so he was sent away. But he could not stay away.
  He has, of course, a great love for his wife and his children, and 
they for him. And their commitment to his cause and the dignity with 
which they bear the pain of their separation inspires all of us who 
have worked with him. Dr. Yang risked a great deal to go back to China, 
not to steal, not to undermine, not to cause problems, not to engage in 
terrorism; but to try to help people live their lives in some freedom. 
And he, unfortunately, had to enter illegally. We acknowledge that. 
Because he would not have been allowed in that society to do what he 
wanted to do legally.
  Having apprehended him, though I wish the Chinese had a different set 
of rules and did not feel threatened by a man who loved liberty and 
wanted to preach it, they had a right to apprehend him and send him 
back. And maybe they would not send him back right away; they would 
hold him for a week, two, three, to try to discourage him. But there is 
no justification for having held this wholly decent man so long without 
allowing him to be in touch with his family, without even any formal 
charges, and in a way that violated the most basic human norms. As my 
friend from California said, even the government of Iran, not to be 
confused with anybody's civil liberties union, joined in the 
condemnation of this mistreatment.
  Mr. Speaker, we say to the government of China that many of us are 
prepared to go forward in a cooperative set of arrangements dictated by 
the interests of the peoples of the world, despite profound 
differences. We can talk about them. But when you impose with all the 
might of this great government of China, when you impose this 
incredibly harsh punishment on this solitary man, take him and keep him 
from his family, punish him so harshly for nothing that is a crime by 
any civilized standard, you drive a wedge between us. And I urge the 
government of China in its own interest to remove this wedge; to show 
that in fact the pessimists are wrong and that as you grow economically 
you can evolve socially, you can outgrow the total lack of self-
confidence that makes you appear to quake before one lone individual 
committed to freedom.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge the People's Republic of China to listen to this 
House of Representatives, to the President of the United States and the 
State Department, to the people of America and discontinue insisting on 
mistreating this brave man, not simply because it is the wrong thing to 
do on principle but because it is a very wrong thing to do practically. 
I urge the government of China to reconsider whether the enormous 
damage you are doing to relationships that you believe are important is 
worth the continued persecution of Dr. Yang. And I believe that 
rational people will come to the conclusion that the answer is ``no.''
  Mr. Speaker, I again thank my colleagues for giving us a chance as a 
Nation to make this important statement of principle.
  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to yield 3 minutes to the 
gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Capuano), who has worked so hard on 
this resolution.
  Mr. CAPUANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise to echo all the comments that have 
been made, but I want to make it clear. I want everyone to know what 
this gentleman has done.
  To me, this gentleman is clearly a hero. We have used the word, but 
understand what he did. Here is a gentleman who came from China, 
established a very successful, very comfortable life here in America: a 
wife and two children living in one of our best and most beautiful 
suburbs of Boston; well-respected in the community, well thought of, 
well loved. Very easy for him to live out the rest of his life in that 
comfort without any real concerns. He could speak any way he wanted to 
speak, feel any way he wanted to feel, do any work he wanted to do. But 
what did he do? He took himself voluntarily from that comfort on his 
own to go back to China to fight for democracy.
  If anyone here thinks they have the courage to do that, you are a 
better person than I am. I do not know that I would have the courage to 
do that. I wish I would, and maybe if faced with that someday, I hope I 
might be able to live up to those incredible standards. But I am not so 
sure. I am not so sure.

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  This is a true modern hero, fighting for what we all talk about all 
day long. We are here, with all of our differences, with all of our 
agreements and disagreements, fighting for a better democracy. That is 
what we are all here for. He is fighting for a simple democracy. We 
cannot abandon him. The fact that this resolution is on the floor 
obviously shows the U.S. Congress stands with Dr. Yang, stands with the 
principles that I think he epitomizes.
  China, as a great country, has chosen to hold him without charges. 
There have been no charges. There is no lawyer assigned to him. No 
judge has heard this case. No jury has heard this case. No 
administrator has heard this case. His family has not been allowed to 
visit him. I went on an official delegation to China in January, and I 
was not allowed to visit him. No American official has been allowed to 
visit him. No doctor of the family, no representative of the family has 
been allowed to visit him. How can a great country ask us to treat them 
as a great country when they act in such a manner?
  Any crime he might have committed has already been paid back to China 
in the 14 months he has been held in the manner he has been held. This 
man should be released immediately and returned to the bosom of his 
family and to a welcoming and, hopefully, grateful Nation of the 
American people because of what he has done for us.
  Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H. Res. 199, 
calling on the government of the People's Republic of China to 
immediately and unconditionally release Dr. Yang Jianli, and calling on 
the president of the United States to continue working on behalf of Dr. 
Yang Jianli's release.
  Dr. Yang Jianli is an internationally renowned scholar, Harvard 
graduate, and the president of the Foundation for China in the 21st 
Century. Dr. Yang was actively involved in the Tiananmen Square 
protests in 1989 and was subsequently blacklisted by the Chinese 
government for his participation. Following Tiananmen Square, Dr. Yang 
fled to the United States and earned two doctorates. Dr. Yang is a 
permanent resident of the United States.
  On April 26, 2002, Dr. Yang entered China using a friend's passport 
to investigate reports of labor unrest in northern China. Dr. Yang 
Jianli was detained eight days later and has not been heard from since. 
The Chinese government will not confirm where he is being held and he 
has been refused access to an attorney. He has been held for more than 
13 months and no charges have been brought against him. The maximum 
fine for entering China illegally is a one-year prison sentence. Dr. 
Yang has already spent more than a year in detention. I call on the 
Chinese government for his immediate release.
  The State Department's recent report on human rights states that the 
government of the People's Republic of China ``has continued to commit 
numerous and serious human rights abuses, including arbitrary arrest 
and detention.'' On June 4, a United Nations working group ruled that 
Yang Jianli has been illegally detained by the Chinese government and 
called for Dr. Yang's immediate release.
  China lacks due process. Citizens continue to suffer at the hands of 
Chinese officials. It is time for the state-sponsored, state-led 
persecution in China to stop. I join the members of the House of 
Representatives and the international community in calling for Dr. 
Yang's immediate release. It is my hope that he will be released 
quickly and free to reunite with his wife and two children back in the 
United States.
  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Shimkus). The question is on the motion 
offered by the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Ros-Lehtinen) that the 
House suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, H. Res. 199, as 
amended.
  The question was taken.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds of 
those present have voted in the affirmative.
  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX and the 
Chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be 
postponed.

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