Jack Kingston: “But Kent La, the man who would be the witness to the Burton committee, which we will vote on tomorrow, and I certainly…”

“But Kent La, the man who would be the witness to the Burton committee, which we will vote on tomorrow, and I certainly urge my friend from Wisconsin to reconsider his position, which I would have a hard time believing that it does not have just a little hint of partisanship in it. But I know the gentleman well and I would think more of him than that. So let me just say about Kent La, because apparently my colleagues have not heard of this guy. But he is an associate of Ted Sioeng and he is the United States distributor of Red Pagoda Mountain Cigarettes. He has a major stake in these cigarettes, the best-selling brand of cigarettes in China and the third largest selling cigarette in the world. The company is owned by the Communist Chinese Government; a fact. Ted Sioeng and his associates gave $400,000 to the Democrat National Committee. Of this amount, Kent La, the witness, gave $50,000. Now, every witness that has come before their committee has said, 'You need to interview Kent La.' But Kent La has invoked the fifth amendment. He is one of the 92 who have fled the country or taken the fifth amendment. But he is saying he will testify if he has immunity. The Democrat Department of Justice gave him immunity. But on the committee, the Democrats are blocking his opportunity to be a witness.”