Pete Sessions: “it is this infancy that we are talking about of the idea of democracy, a fair play of world order, and what is…”

“it is this infancy that we are talking about of the idea of democracy, a fair play of world order, and what is interesting is that reformers in China are those who are asking for America to recognize them and for what they are trying to accomplish. That is why PNTR; that is why WTO. And after watching China, and I know the gentleman from California (Chairman Dreier), not only as a Member of Congress for a longer period of time, but also just his esteemed vision of China for quite some time. We know that what happens is that when China joins this organization of world nations that what they will do is then begin to have a different agenda and instead of it being an adversarial one where, perhaps, it might manifest itself in the use of force, I believe and they believe that it will manifest itself to looking inward to China. The changes I believe and others espouse is that foreign or outside pressure will not be that which is the catalyst for change in China. It will be what is inside that comes from the people, that comes from the heart, which comes from their own ingenuity, which comes from their own spirit for freedom. And if we are able to match our can-do attitude, American ingenuity, with Chinese desire, we can create a catalyst that will change even the coldest heart. It is these things that America needs to stand for.”