Maxwell Frost: “There is an underlying question here which may well drive this investigation into the next Congress, which of course…”

“There is an underlying question here which may well drive this investigation into the next Congress, which of course would have to be authorized by the next Congress. The underlying issue is the concern that the gentleman from New York (Mr. Solomon), who is the chairman of the Committee on Rules, has raised for many years about whether we ought to be doing any of this. Of course, the gentleman who is the chairman of the committee has objected to and opposed the transfer of technology which began during Republican administrations. And my concern is that if this committee goes to the fundamental issue of whether we ought to be doing business with China, that is a bottomless pit and that is a matter that could go on for a very long time. There are legitimate differences within the Republican Party on this issue, as there are legitimate differences within the Democratic Party on this issue. So there is the potential for this investigation, even though it must be renewed at the beginning of the next Congress, to go on for a very long time if we go into the underlying foreign policy question of whether we ought to be doing any business with China.”