Political Quotes

“I want to thank first of all my good friend the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Stump) for his leadership and for my good friend, the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Skelton) for his leadership. This is truly a bipartisan committee, and this is truly a bipartisan bill. And this effort aimed at China and our concerns on proliferation is a bipartisan concern. I, like my colleagues, will attest to the fact that Members on the other side have been equally aggressive to Members on our side in focusing on the proliferation problem. There has not been a division that is a political division. In fact, we have been very much united when it comes to proliferating activities, not just by China but also by Russia and other entities, North Korea and so forth. I also rise to say that I have been one who has supported the President on China policy. I voted for MFN. In fact, in the last session of Congress, I took two delegations to China. I was the first policymaker from this country to be asked to address a group of mid-level officers in the PLA at the National Defense University in Beijing. Twice I interacted with them. Twice I discussed with them our concerns about proliferation and our concerns about our security relationship. I plan to go back to China again this year. I believe in the policy of engagement with China. But I rise today to, in the strongest possible terms, relate to our colleagues in this body that we have a problem.…”