Richard K. Armey: “The point is we have long since now passed the point at which we can be casual about this. We are not talking about…”

“The point is we have long since now passed the point at which we can be casual about this. We are not talking about campaign finance violations. We are not talking about small things. We have very big questions here and very grave questions before the American people. Did the President of the United States permit the sale of technology to China that would allow them to target missiles against United States citizens? Did the President of the United States allow that sale to be made by an American firm already under investigation for trespasses against American law regarding the sale of such merchandise? Did the President of the United States allow that sale against the protest of his own State Department and his own Department of Defense and over the objections of his own Justice Department? Did the President of the United States know that the money received for his campaign, the campaign for people of his party, came from an officer in the Chinese Government who is also a major officer in Chinese corporations that were under sanction by the United States Government? Did the transfer of the missile technology to China spark India's nuclear testing? And did India's nuclear testing, in response to China's new capacity, spark the desire to do so in Pakistan? Does the Defense Department find our national security is threatened?”