[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11104]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                BLAME AND THE CHINESE ESPIONAGE SCANDAL

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, with regard to the Chinese espionage 
scandal, I have heard the other side say over and over again; let us 
not overreact; let us not politicize this; there is plenty of blame to 
go around; it is Ronald Reagan's fault, and, of course, the ``everybody 
does it'' defense that we hear every single time wrongdoing by this 
administration is discovered. It is almost as though they have no 
interest in the real problem, our national security.
  This administration's real attention, its real interest, was raising 
campaign cash, avoiding blame, avoiding embarrassment, getting 
reelected. Change the subject, talk about guns, cigarettes, school 
uniforms. Let us do it for the children.
  If the Clinton administration had really wanted to do something to 
make the children of this Nation safer, they would have protected them from 
potential nuclear annihilation some day. That is what they should have 
been doing. Instead, they were raising campaign cash.

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