[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 111 (Friday, June 25, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3139]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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               AMERICA SHOULD REDUCE DEPENDENCY ON CHINA

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, China, led by the Chinese Communist Party, 
has inflicted more damage and suffering on the world and even its own 
people than is even calculable.
  Accountability for its action, or timely inactions, on the Wuhan 
virus is necessary. Transparency in how research labs conduct business 
is essential in holding those responsible that allowed the leak of 
extremely dangerous byproducts that have cost multitudes of lives and 
inflicted many trillions in economic harm upon the world.
  The U.S. must zero out its dependence on China for so much of what we 
use and need in everyday life. We must produce our own pharmaceutical 
products, our own rare-earth products from our own mines, our own 
manufacturing.
  We must prohibit the gain-of-function research that likely led to the 
Wuhan virus being unleashed on the world.
  Overhaul the World Health Organization and our relationship with it.
  Prohibit National Institutes of Health funding to those who don't 
have the United States and American peoples' best interests and 
wellness at heart.
  Reimpose visa sanctions on China.
  And, certainly, why give China a legitimate stage to the world via 
the Olympics?
  The Olympics rightly should be rebid and moved in time for 2022 to 
countries that respect and revere human rights and right to basic 
freedoms from oppression. Otherwise, we give it all a green light and a 
tacit stamp of approval.

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