Joel Hefley: “the President just got back from his trip to China, and I read in the newspaper while we were home for the break that…”

“the President just got back from his trip to China, and I read in the newspaper while we were home for the break that this trip was symbolic. I began to think, what is it symbolic of? I think it is symbolic, maybe, that the President told them ``symbolically'' that we do not care that they are building the biggest nuclear arsenal in the world; and we do not care that they are selling that technology to people around the world; and ``symbolically'' the President was also saying that we do not care that they are invading a little nation like Tibet, that never hurt anybody, and have occupied it for all these years; and ``symbolically'' he is saying that we do not care that they persecute people because of their faith and their beliefs and religion; and he is telling them ``symbolically'' that we do not care that they threatened Taiwan, that could not do them any damage, and that they even threatened the cities on the West Coast of the United States; and ``symbolically'' the President said, oh, it is okay that their army gave money to his reelection campaign. And to show them ``symbolically'' that we do not mind any of this, we are going to give them some missile technology to help their intercontinental ballistic missiles function more appropriately. The President must be proud of his symbolism.”