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James Traficant: “America's building a new war machine that promises to be the mother of all mayhem, an awesome air force and navy and the…”

On the recordApril 9, 1997
America's building a new war machine that promises to be the mother of all mayhem, an awesome air force and navy and the greatest land army ever in world history. And America is bankrolling this Goliath in China. That is right, in China, despite the fact that China is a brutal dictatorship that has already threatened to nuke their neighbors. Now, Mr. Speaker, I say to the Congress, ``If that's not enough to freeze dry your stir fry, check this out.'' While China now sells Barbie and GI Joe to our kids, General Cho is stocking our assets. Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. Hard-earned dollars by American workers building the next national security threat to the United States of America; how dumb can we be? How dumb? The bottom line: Chinese toys today, but maybe just maybe a Chinese missile tomorrow. Think about it.
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James Traficant
Ohio
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing U.S. military funding and its implications regarding China.

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