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Your logic is compelling. There should be no objection to the United States utilizing denial of visas as a furtherance of our foreign policy and our belief in human rights, because it is now obvious that it is the practice of the Chinese…
The question was raised as to the timing of these amendments being offered. The accusation was made this is strictly to score political points. I have no desire to score political points. I would have greatly desired to have the amendments…
I say to the Senator, it is my understanding that they had already been approved by the administration to travel to China and that it was only at the 11th hour that the Chinese Government denied their visas and their right to go and…
I will quote a portion of that editorial today from the Washington Post: Li Hai, 44, a former teacher at the Chinese Medical College, is serving a nine-year sentence in Beijing's Liangxiang Prison. His crime: assembling a list of people…
It was presented as being a very common practice. I think maybe that was part of what was so shocking. I say to the Senator from Missouri, in response to the question, that the presentation in defense of China has been that these are…
I was quoting from Orvile Schell's ``Mandate of Heaven,'' the background and inspiring story of Wei Jingsheng, who went to prison, spent many years in prison, because he dared to say democracy isn't democracy until there is freedom to…
They called them-- ``population jail cells'' was the terminology that she used. Women were rounded up, held in population jail cells, forced and coerced to submit to the killing of their children. There was, I think, an eye opener for the…
The Senator is correct. That is why I think the term ``coercion'' is the proper term, because it involved physical force. They would be physically removed. They would be taken to jail cells. They would be forced to have an abortion.
This amendment condemns the practice, which I am sure everybody in this Chamber would. It goes further and says that visas will be denied to those individuals for whom there is credible evidence that they have been involved in perpetrating…
I believe the China amendments I have offered have great value. The debate has been healthy, and the debate has been necessary. I, frankly, am willing to stand here and talk about human rights in China in general this week and next week…
I did not use the term ``coercion'' lightly. I think ``coercion'' has to be beyond merely fines, although fines can very be intimidating. Homes were wrecked and destroyed, and the person wasn't able to pay the fine, if they violated the…
In responding to the question of the Senator from Missouri, she was the former head of China's planned birth control office from 1984 to 1998. For 14 years she held that position. Only recently did she leave.
on the eve of the President's visit to China, we learn that the Chinese Government has pulled the visas of three U.S. reporters who work for Radio Free Asia and had planned to cover the President's trip. Mr. Speaker, this is an outrage and…
I would suggest it is not engagement or isolation; it is how we are going to engage China. I would further suggest that the policy this administration has pursued has failed in engaging China adequately. That is evident in a whole host of…
I would like to speak on several amendments which I would have offered today had objection not been raised. These amendments, to which objection has been raised on the basis that they are controversial, are, word for word, provisions that…
I do not support the Shays-Meehan proposal, and I will vote against it because I believe that there is a better way to accomplish campaign finance reform. I say this with the greatest respect, but I believe that it is incumbent upon me to…
Certainly we should never do anything to substitute for law enforcement. The gentleman is absolutely correct. And I am fully supportive of strengthening our ability to enforce the laws. Our committees should be investigating any…
I support the rule that is before the House today making in order a number of amendments to various campaign finance proposals before us. I have a stake in this fight. There is the freshman bill, the Hutchinson- Allen bill that is before…
I reject the idea that money always controls in politics. In fact in my campaign, I spent $100,000 less than my opponent and I won. We can cite many examples of that. I do not think necessarily that when we have contributions to political…
That is the difference in philosophy, whether disclosure is enough. We all know that $600,000 is transferred, but the appearance of impropriety is still there. The appearance. That is the concern of the American citizen. That is why I…
Last weekend I read a 35-page summary of the 750-page original bill, but with the changes that have been envisioned--and the Senator has mentioned this in his remarks --how much would be going overseas for smoking cessation and education…
With this very dramatic tax increase on low and middle income families, some people could lose their health insurance, end up on Medicaid conceivably?
I thank the gentleman and I want to express my appreciation to the gentleman for his leadership to the freshman class, as president of our class, but also on the issue that the gentleman has been talking about, which is paycheck…
Of course I appreciate that. I don't smoke. I have never taken any money from any of the tobacco companies. I know anybody who objects to this bill will be portrayed as being a defender of tobacco companies. I have never taken any. But my…
Would the consumer buying a package of cigarettes actually see the price go up that much?
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