James Traficant: “I am glad that the bill contains my amendment to investigate the effects of espionage on American business and industry…”

“I am glad that the bill contains my amendment to investigate the effects of espionage on American business and industry and jobs. I am also glad at least we got some report language on China. It should have been in the bill. There is not enough anatomy in either of these bodies. Mr. Speaker, we have had independent counsels on Henry Cisneros and Monica Lewinsky. Now, look, Monica may be a threat to fidelity. She is not a threat to liberty. We had a Chinese Red Army general who funneled cash to the Democrat National Committee, and we will not even include the Traficant language as binding that says what is the extent on the national security. A Chinese missile, as we laugh, will not have exemption for one party or the other. A Chinese missile will hit all America. God Almighty. Last month's 1-month trade deficit was $31 billion. At 1,000 jobs per billion, we lost 31,000 high-paying manufacturing jobs. If that were just put into highways, we would have created over a million jobs for 2 years. What is wrong with us? Are we afraid of the politics of China? The American people are watching. The greatest threat to our national security is China, and they bought and spied and posed that great threat. I am disappointed. The intelligence committee is our number one charge to secure America, secure that American peace. We are not doing that.”