[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8698]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                CHINA SAYS AMERICAN SHIPS ARE DEAD MEAT

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, military experts say that China just 
bought 24 cruise missiles from Russia. They now say American ships are 
now, quote/unquote, dead meat, dead meat. Think about it. We give 
Russia foreign aid. Russia builds missiles. Russia sells the missiles 
to China, built with American cash. China threatens Taiwan and Uncle 
Sam. Unbelievable.
  I think it is time for Congress to tell China to keep their Communist 
hands off of Taiwan.
  In addition, this sweetheart trade deal bothers me. It is very 
dangerous. If Uncle Sam will turn the other cheek on Taiwan, China will 
laugh all the way to the bank on this trade deal. Beam me up. We have 
gone from better dead than red to dead meat.
  I yield back America's Naval fleet being called dead meat by Naval 
experts.

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