Political Quotes

“I agree with the gentleman. At the same time, we have to look at the Chinese to know that the Chinese people are our brothers and sisters. They are not cut off from the grace of God. They are our brothers and sisters. And because they are our brothers and sisters, because they are people in China who are suffering under inhumane working conditions, slave labor conditions, working for 3 cents an hour making handbags, or a little bit more than that making electronic equipment, we have a responsibility to stand up for human rights to review the conduct of their government. Now the development of a new economic model in any government has to be challenging, we recognize that, but U.S. corporations have great power. What is happening when they go to China, it is as if they are averting their eyes. They do not want to see what is happening, and yet when we see Motorola, figures available from 1996, now it is billions more since then, Motorola investing $1.2 billion in China; Atlantic Richfield, $625 million; Coca Cola, a half a billion dollars; Amoco, $350 million; Ford Motor, $250 million; United Technologies, $250 million; Pepsi Cola, $200 million; Lucent Technologies, $150 million; General Electric, $165 million. Now granted, make multiples of that and we will know the investment today. My first question is what is wrong with investing in America?”