Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, this Tickle-Me-Elmo made in China is more coherent than the trade policy of the Clinton administration. Trade is a balancing of interests. Whether we engage with a nation with respect to trade is a balancing of interests. What are we getting? We are getting a smaller export to China than we get to Belgium. They are not a major trading partner except for the one-way street, except for the $50 billion-plus coming back to China, the trade surplus that they enjoy over us, the enormous sales throughout our Wal-Marts and K-Marts with hundreds and hundreds of products, many of which are made by the People's Liberation Army, and what are we getting in return for that? Have we stopped any of the poison gas sales to Iran by China? Have we stopped any sales of ring magnets that are used to make ICBM's sold to Pakistan? Have we stopped the purchase of the missile destroyers that were purchased from Russia, that have one purpose, and that is to kill American sailors and destroy American ships on the high seas?”