[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2720]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         TRADING WITH THE ENEMY

  (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, soon this august body will be debating the 
trade status of the United States with the People's Republic of China. 
We will begin discussing whether or not the U.S. should expand its 
trade relationships with a nation that has, one, stolen top secret 
nuclear technology from the United States and its laboratories; two, 
continues to be a known violator of human rights; and three, has 
threatened the United States with nuclear war.
  Just a couple of weeks ago, China threatened to fire long-range 
nuclear missiles at the United States if we defend Taiwan. Mr. Speaker, 
how can we trust a nation that has stolen U.S. technology and secrets, 
oppressed its own people, and now threatens the United States with 
nuclear war?
  The actions of China appear no different from those of the Soviet 
Union during the Cold War. We did not consider an open trade policy 
with the USSR then, and we should not consider granting normal trade 
relationships with China today.
  I yield back the dangerous Clinton trade policies which force 
Americans to give to a nation that is all ready and willing to launch a 
nuclear attack on us.

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