Nancy Pelosi: “last evening a number of our colleagues, the gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman], the ranking Republican on the Foreign…”

“last evening a number of our colleagues, the gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman], the ranking Republican on the Foreign Affairs Committee, the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. Rose], chair of the House Administration Committee, and leading voice for Tibet in this body, both of them, the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Markey], a person with great knowledge and concern about the proliferation of weapons, both nuclear and nonconventional, as well as women on the streets of America sent in by the Chinese Government and Chinese Army, we joined together to have a special order to congratulate Secretary of State Christopher for standing firm when he went to Beijing presenting the President's policy and presenting the terms of his Executive order. As you may recall, Mr. Speaker, last year Congress was poised to pass legislation putting stern conditions on the renewal of most-favored-nation status to China. Those conditions included improvement in human rights, addressed proliferation of weapons, and other trade issues. The President in his wisdom chose instead to issue an Executive order with reasonable and achievable conditions calibrated to be met by the Chinese within a 12-month period under which we could continue our trade.”