Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution (H. Res. 422) urging adherence to the ``one country, two systems'' policy as prescribed in the Joint Declaration between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Question of the Hong Kong, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the resolution. The text of the resolution is as follows: H. Res. 422 Whereas the People's Republic of China assumed the exercise of sovereignty over the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 20 years ago, on July 1, 1997; Whereas the Joint Declaration between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Question of the Hong Kong (in this resolution referred to as the ``Joint Declaration'') required China's National People's Congress (NPC) to pass the ``Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China'' (in this resolution referred to as the ``Basic Law'') consistent with the obligations contained in the Joint Declaration, which was approved by the NPC on April 4, 1990; Whereas relations between the United States and Hong Kong are fundamentally based upon the continued maintenance of the ``one country, two systems'' policy stipulated in the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-383; 22 U.S.C.…”