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On the recordMay 24, 2000
if we want to send a message to the Chinese people, we might as well try to mail it in a letter because they will not hear it in the sweatshops and the prisons. And the text of this bill does not do anything for them. So if we want to send a message to the Chinese people, we should vote ``no,'' and then we can really try to help them out.
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Bob Ney
Ohio

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Addressing the impact of a bill on the Chinese people during a floor debate.

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