John Doolittle: “I support the opening of the mainland Chinese market to American exports. It is in the best interests of the American…”

“I support the opening of the mainland Chinese market to American exports. It is in the best interests of the American people and the Chinese people. I feel strongly that the Communist government on mainland China is tyrannical, aggressive, and undesirable. I would like to see it go the way of its Marxist conrade, the Soviet Union. I am alarmed by its threatening statements toward the United States and its belligerence toward our friends on Taiwan. I am disgusted by Communist China's record on human rights, on religious freedom, and its brutal one-child policy that forces women to abort their unborn babies. If this were a vote on approval of the Communist regime in Beijing, I would strongly oppose it as would the vast majority of my colleagues. This is not such a vote. My record has been highly critical of Communist China. On national security, I strongly supported Representative Cox's investigation into Communist Chinese theft of American technologies. I cosponsored legislation to look into suspicious Chinese activity in the Panama Canal. On the question of Taiwan, I cosponsored the Taiwan Security Enhancement Act to strengthen the free nation's defense capability in case of attack from the mainland. On forced abortion, I enthusiastically voted in favor of cutting off money to the U.N.'s population control agency so long as it cooperated with China's brutal one-child policy.”