Doug Bereuter: “I think the gentlewoman knows that current law forbids the kind of military sales to Indonesia that can be used in…”

“I think the gentlewoman knows that current law forbids the kind of military sales to Indonesia that can be used in repressive measures against the civilian population. This amendment does not put that in place. That is a matter of law already. I would say to the gentlewoman, I hope that she would be concerned when Mr. Horta comes into my office and after he leaves with a very clear understanding of what my point of view is, and which it happens to be the view of the official view of the U.S. Government, which I am supporting as the chairman of the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, for him to go out and lie in writing about it to my chairman and mischaracterize 180 degrees is highly inappropriate. I would hope the gentlewoman would not condone that kind of activity and would be sympathetic as one Member of Congress to another on this matter. I would hope she agrees that Mr. Horta should not be using those tactics. It is unworthy of the Nobel Peace Prize.”