On the recordJune 18, 1996
Mr. Speaker, I remember in my youth reading ``The Odyssey,'' the story about the great Greek hero Odysseus and his trip home after the long Trojan War. In one of his adventures he guided his ship through the singing of the Sirens. He had to do this without meeting the same fate which lured all mariners and their ships to the rocky coast and disaster. The modern-day lure of the songs of the Sirens is the China market. Like Odysseus of old, only President Reagan, unlike recent American Presidents, was able to resist this. He built the United States up from its self-imposed position of strategic weakness. Let us do what is good for the American national interests and resist the modern sirens. Do not grant MFN for China, at least until Communist China starts to act more like a civilized nation in its treatment of its citizens.
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