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James Traficant: This China-White House business bothers me. China's trade surplus with Uncle Sam will exceed $70 billion this year and…

On the recordApril 11, 2000
This China-White House business bothers me. China's trade surplus with Uncle Sam will exceed $70 billion this year and it is common knowledge that China is buying missiles with American cash and then aiming those missiles at American cities. Beam me up. I recommend that any deal with China, number one, require a 5-year waiting period before China can fire a missile at America; number two, that China cannot sell stolen U.S. technology at missile shows; and number three, all Chinese missiles shall have trigger locks. Now on a serious note, I yield back the greatest threat ever to America's national security: Communist China.

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Addressing concerns about China's trade practices and military threats during a speech.

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