Political Quotes

“my comments today are aimed at our newer Members. I am unusual in this debate, because I have opposed MFN in the past. In fact I voted against NAFTA because I was not happy with the side agreements. In fact, I am concerned about China's human rights record. I am a member of the Human Rights Caucus and take great pride in my involvement there. And on missile proliferation, I probably spend as much time on that issue as any Member in this body as the chairman of the Subcommittee on Military Research and Development of the Committee on National Security. As a matter of fact, I wish I had as much interest as demonstrated today by Members on both sides on missile proliferation on the debate on our defense bill as I have heard today in this debate. Mr. Speaker, I would remind our colleagues when we heard about the attack on the Stark, the U.S.S. Stark, it was not a Chinese missile, it was a French-made Exocet missile. In fact, we have our own allies exporting missiles that are being used against our troops by rogue nations around the world. Now, I am not happy with China's actions in many areas, but I do not want to isolate China; I think that is the worst thing we can do now. I fault this administration for a lack of enforcement of existing arms control agreements.”