we have been told wonderful things will flow from expanded trade with China. Workers' rights will be respected, religious freedom will be enhanced, and probably Jeffersonian study groups will be popping up all over China before long. Well, let us look at the historical facts which, in reality, is all we have in order to determine future actions on the part of the Communist Chinese. In fact, from the last 10 years since Tiananmen Square, China has been engaged. For the past 10 years, investments in China have grown exponentially, factories have been built employing Chinese workers, creating enormous expansion of Chinese GNP. These things are indisputable facts. Mr. Speaker, here are some more facts. Over the last 10 years, according to the State Department and the newly created United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, there has been a steady deterioration, I say deterioration, of human rights, workers' rights, religious liberty.
Tom Tancredo: “we have been told wonderful things will flow from expanded trade with China. Workers' rights will be respected…”
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Discussing the impact of trade with China on human rights and religious freedom.
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