Mike Thompson: “I still must respectfully oppose this bill. This bill is going to pass by a large margin. I understand that. The…”

“I still must respectfully oppose this bill. This bill is going to pass by a large margin. I understand that. The business community is strongly behind it. The administration supports it. The majority of both sides of the aisle support it. I believe they are in error. I believe it is a mistake. I think we should recognize exactly what we are doing. I will say it one more time; that is, in an era of increased technological proliferation, with the world becoming a more dangerous place, where rogue nations are developing technology that will enable them to endanger this country and a world where these rogue nations are getting their technology from countries such as China and Russia, for which this bill will liberalize export trade, in this environment, in this era, we are loosening our export controls.”