[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12438]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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              COX REPORT PUTS BOMBSHELLS ON PUBLIC RECORD

  (Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland. Madam Speaker, the recent release of the 
Cox report on the Chinese espionage at our nuclear laboratories has put 
on the public record a number of bombshells.
  The crown jewel of our nuclear arsenal, design of the W-88 warhead, 
has been stolen by the Chinese Communists. Even more amazing is that 
nothing was done about it after it was discovered in 1995.
  Chinese Communist penetration of our nuclear secrets is almost total.
  The response from the White House? ``Everybody does it'' and ``Let's 
not overreact.''
  I can hardly imagine how one could possibly say, ``Let's not 
overreact.'' What could possibly be worse than losing the single most 
valuable nuclear secret we have? And as for the everybody-does-it 
defense when confronted by scandal, the charge is false. It is a lie.
  President Ronald Reagan did not arm China with our best military 
technology, and President Reagan did not silence anyone inside the 
executive branch who dared challenge this policy. But this is exactly 
what has happened during this administration.

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