Wendy Sherman

Absolutely. We do not know how much worse things could get in China. Yes, they are pressing bishops and Catholic and Protestant workers in China now, but they have not publicly executed any of them because they are subject to annual…

I am for trade. I am for engagement with China. I am for American involvement in international organizations that took the lead in keeping us involved in the IMF. But I am against isolationism, I am against protectionism, and I am against…

one other thing our colleagues should do when they first wake up tomorrow morning is ask their staff, is the Berman-Weldon amendment made in order by the rule? If not, then if we go forward tomorrow, we are giving the green light for a…

Now that we give guaranteed permanent entry to the U.S. market, multibillion dollar factories, the kind that make the high-tech products that we are still as of today competitive in, those can go to China as well and pay 15 and 20 cents an…

if I can interject, I want to commend to our colleagues, and I thank them for watching us instead of those Friends reruns on television, a dear colleague that I have addressed dealing with the Berman-Weldon amendment, summarizing why it is…

The gentleman mentioned Motorola, which is bombarding the country now with an advertisement in which they hold up a cellular telephone and say that China has 1.2 billion people who might use cellular telephones, implying that American…

Up until recently it was low-tech factories going to China to make low-tech products, the handbags the gentleman talked about. That was because one could not invest a lot of money in China if they were not sure that the products could come…

I wish to bring two new developments to the attention of this House, developments that show that we need to negotiate a better deal. First, the International Trade Commission and the official authoritative body of the Federal Government…

I am against isolationism, against protectionism, and I am against this deal. Trade with China should not end, but we need to go back to the drawing board. We accept over 43 percent of China's exports. They accept only .7 percent, less…

we have given China most favored nation status on an annual basis several years in a row. Their 1999 imports from the United States are $1 billion less than 1998. So while their exports to the United States grows and grows and grows…

I do not think we export cell phones to China. I think we only export jobs to China.

tomorrow the World Bank meets. We will not have the huge demonstrations of a month ago. No one will be comparing this meeting here in Washington, D.C., to the events in Seattle. But they may play a more important role on whether the World…

I am pro trade, I am pro engagement. I am against isolation. I am against protectionism. And I oppose this trade deal. I would oppose this trade deal if it was only for the bad effects it is going to have on human rights in China. I would…

I rise to address this House on the issue of the 13 Jews being held in the city of Shiraz in Iran and on trial on charges of espionage. Let me first provide a bit of background. The Jewish community of Iran has been there since the…

there is nothing as absurd as blowing something up if one does not know what they are going to have to replace it. Today, the Committee on Ways and Means is considering a national sales tax as if it is a panacea for complexity and…

our economy is important, and we need sound policy, not soundbites. As the tax due date approaches, what we are getting is soundbites, and perhaps the worst is what is going on in the Committee on Ways and Means this week where they are…

As we approach the tax deadline, our thoughts go toward tax reform. We ought to have genuine tax reform, code section by code section, unraveling the loopholes and the special interest provisions. That is why, Mr. Speaker, I regret what…

it is indeed a pleasure to address the House while our presiding officer is a fellow representative from the San Fernando Valley, the area that can best be described currently as the center of world culture. Throughout the ages, however…

Today we enjoy the fruits of fiscal responsibility and an expanding economy. This budget resolution, thrown together at 3 in the morning in the dark of night in a secret room, this budget resolution puts all that at risk. Why? To support…

we are now enjoying and have enjoyed for several years the fruits of fiscal responsibility but that fiscal responsibility was put at risk yesterday in the Committee on the Budget, where that committee approved huge tax cuts that threaten…

I thank the House for this opportunity, because I was not on the list to address the House today and did not expect to do so. My remarks may be intemperate because I come here in anger. I speak here not with any prepared text, but from a…

this budget-busting, Social Security- risking tax bill would cause the sheriff of Nottingham to cringe in embarrassment because it is the most regressive tax bill in recent history. Three-quarters of the benefits go to the top 1 percent, a…

success has many fathers; failure is an orphan. This bill is an outstanding bill and we are all fighting over paternity. It is a bill that will help our economy by bringing experienced workers into a labor shortage work environment. It is…

I yield to no one when it comes to dedication to eliminating the national debt. Robert Reich and no one else on the liberal side was in my district when that is the issue that led me here to the United States Congress. There is perhaps no…

I ran down to this floor when I heard my colleague, the gentleman from California, refer to the Republican tax cut as fair and balanced. I thought, how could such a huge tax cut, aimed almost exclusively at the super wealthy and the giant…