INTRODUCING RESOLUTION TO DENY MOST-FAVORED-NATION TRADING STATUS TO COMMUNIST CHINA (House of Representatives - June 03, 1997)
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(Mr. SOLOMON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, today I and a bipartisan group of Members of the House, including Democrats and some of the Republican leadership, are introducing a resolution to deny most-favored-nation trading status to Communist China.
Once again we have witnessed the utter failure of granting favorable terms of trade to China. Here is what it has brought us over the last year:
The purchase of Russian missiles specifically designed to take out American ships and kill American sailors;
A $40 billion trade deficit, approaching $50 billion now, mostly caused by the importation of slave-labor goods in this country;
Attempts to buy influence and use U.S. elections and conduct economic espionage against the United States of America;
A renewed crackdown on religion and preparations for a crackdown on liberties in Hong Kong;
But most of all, continued missile and chemical weapons shipments to Iran and Pakistan that will someday kill tens of thousands of innocent human beings, including soldiers who will be called to the rescue, as they were in the Persian Gulf.
I would ask Members to support this resolution when it comes to the floor.
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