Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the Taiwan Conflict Deterrence Act, H.R. 554, first and foremost, because it underscores support for Taiwan, a true democracy and bastion of freedom in the Chinese-speaking world, and an example to which the repressed people of China can aspire. Secondly, however, this bill would illuminate the extent to which the Chinese Communist Party, centered around Xi Jinping, is a gang of thieves who have exploited the Chinese people struggling to make ends meet in a ``9-9-6 economy--working 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. six days a week for a pittance with no job security. All while Xi Jinping himself has amassed a Putin-like fortune. We know that in 2012, when he was on the cusp of assuming supreme power, he had already squirreled away corporate investments worth approximately $375 million. Since then, it is estimated that his wealth has grown by leaps and bounds. No wonder then that the Chinese government has lobbied extensively against the release of a long-delayed report by the Director of National Intelligence on the corrupt wealth of Xi and his Politburo cronies. They know that revelation of their ill-gotten gains undermines the Communist Party's so-called claims to revolutionary legitimacy. The report that this bill calls for would also strip away any vestiges of Xi Jinping's claim to being an anti-corruption reformer. He never was. When he went against party rival Bo Xilai at the beginning of his regime, he was using ``anti-corruption'' as a weapon.…”