Dana Rohrabacher: “It is unbelievable. We have heard today the charge that those of us who are opposed to most-favored-nation status for…”

“It is unbelievable. We have heard today the charge that those of us who are opposed to most-favored-nation status for China are talking about isolating and walking away from China. That is not the case. China is not a country to be ignored, but right now it is being run by tyrants and despots, and they are not a group of people that we should be providing advantageous trade relations with our own people. The question is whether or not Communist China should continue to enjoy the advantageous trade relationship that it has because it is enjoying the same trade relationship that we give to democratic countries. No one is talking about walking away, no one is talking about an embargo, no one is talking about isolating China, but does any one really believe we should give these dictators, these people who are bullying their own neighbors, who are stepping on the faces of their own people with their combat boots, we should give them advantageous trade relationship with our country? Every year since 1989, when the Tiananmen Square democracy advocates were massacred, we have seen the situation in China to continue to decline. The theory is, if we engage them, if we trade with them, give them this most advantageous trade relationship with us, things will get better. That is nothing more than a theory, and it is being proven wrong in practice. To continue to have our policies based on a theory that is not working is totally insane, and we will pay a price.”