Michelle Wu: “I stand to ask my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on this resolution and ``no'' to Most Favored Nations trading status for…”

“I stand to ask my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on this resolution and ``no'' to Most Favored Nations trading status for China. I am honored to stand here and be the last speaker; and I stand on the work of my colleagues, the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi), the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Wolf), the gentleman from California (Mr. Lantos), and the gentleman from California (Mr. Rohrabacher). I stand upon their work and their shoulders. I would like to ask my pro-life colleagues something. I am pro-choice, but whether one is pro-life or pro-choice, how can we give Most Favored Nation trading status to a nation that forces women to have abortions? That is not pro-life. That is not pro-choice. We just had a debate about religious freedom in this Chamber, and both sides of the issue professed to support religious freedom in the context of charitable choice. How can one support religious freedom and support Most Favored Nation trading status for a country that forces free churches to hide in attics and basements? Labor rights. If you are a student organizer in China, you get jail time. If you are a labor organizer in China, you get a bullet in the back of the head. If we support labor rights, how can we support Most Favored Nation trading status for China?”