Hon. Michael G. Oxley: “I rise in support of a productive engagement with China, support of American jobs, in support of the people of Hong…”

“I rise in support of a productive engagement with China, support of American jobs, in support of the people of Hong Kong, in support of human rights, in support of religious freedom, and against the resolution disapproval. I have had an opportunity to visit China on three different occasions. And as my learned friend, the gentleman from New York had said earlier, China has changed dramatically, has changed dramatically much more than any of us could have anticipated in so many ways. I remember having a discussion with a young lady who was working in this case for an American company in China on our most recent visit. She had been educated here in the United States at a rather prestigious university and then went back to China and began working for an American company based there. She told me that about 20,000 Chinese students are educated in the United States, a total now of over 250,000 of the bright, elite people in China, the people who are the future of China, and that they have been educated in the United States, have gone back to their home country, and have participated in changing China in so many ways. And I thought to myself as I spoke to this young lady that she really represented the future of China, that China is changing dramatically and continues to change in a positive way.”