Political Quotes

“Before 1996, China had no high-speed supercomputers. None. The only two countries that manufacture high-speed supercomputers are the U.S. and Japan. Japan's export policy has been very rigid and very tight. Up until 1996, so was ours. In 1996, things began to change. Export waivers began to be issued. Presidential waivers began to be issued. For whatever reason. The bottom line. Today, there is public information, on the record, that China has over 100 high-speed supercomputers, all of which were obtained from the U.S., which gives China, listen to this fact, more high-speed supercomputing capability than our entire Department of Defense, within 2 years. That is on the record, in public documents provided by this administration, in terms of what capability China has. Now, I am not against engaging China. In fact, I led two delegations there last year. I am for an engagement that is based on candor and strength, much like the engagement I think we should have with Russia. But facts are facts. They do not need over 100 high-speed supercomputers to do computational research.”