James Traficant: “military experts say that China just bought 24 cruise missiles from…”

On the recordMay 22, 2000

military experts say that China just bought 24 cruise missiles from Russia. They now say American ships are now, quote/unquote, dead meat, dead meat. Think about it. We give Russia foreign aid. Russia builds missiles. Russia sells the missiles to China, built with American cash. China threatens Taiwan and Uncle Sam. Unbelievable. I think it is time for Congress to tell China to keep their Communist hands off of Taiwan. In addition, this sweetheart trade deal bothers me. It is very dangerous. If Uncle Sam will turn the other cheek on Taiwan, China will laugh all the way to the bank on this trade deal. Beam me up. We have gone from better dead than red to dead meat. I yield back America's Naval fleet being called dead meat by Naval experts.

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James Traficant

Ohio

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Discussing military threats from China and U.S. foreign aid to Russia during a floor speech.

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