[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 10787-10788]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                 COX REPORT RELEASED; IT IS ABOUT TIME

  (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 Phantom Menace'' is the title to the 
new popular Star Wars movie. But it might also be an apt description of 
the Chinese espionage efforts against the United States as outlined in 
the Cox Report.
  Unlike this popular movie, however, this Chinese espionage is not 
fiction,

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and it may have far-reaching national security consequences long into 
the future.
  It has taken nearly 5 months of struggle and arguing with the Clinton 
administration to release the Cox Report. Mr. Speaker, for myself and 
the many concerned Nevadans that I represent, all I can say is, it is 
about time.
  It is about time that the American people found out if China's 
nuclear arsenal was built from the genius of the American people, on 
the backs of the American taxpayer.
  It is about time that the Americans learn if the U.S. nuclear weapons 
labs will meet even minimum security standards some time next year.
  But it is ultimately about time that this administration accepts 
responsibility for its years of inaction in this unfortunate situation, 
and has the intestinal fortitude to make the appropriate changes.
  I yield back this Chinese spy menace, Mr. Speaker, and hopefully 
today the phantoms will be revealed. It is about time.

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