On the recordJanuary 18, 2018
I thank the gentleman for yielding. I appreciate the gentleman holding the Special Order on China. It is important that Americans know who the Chinese are, what they are up to, and what their plans are in the future. We will start with North Korea. No question about it: China could rein in North Korea and little Kim if China wanted to. They don't want to. That is why he is a menace to not only that region, but to the rest of the world. But China could rein in little Kim. They are storing millions--maybe billions--of dollars in assets in China. They could freeze those assets. They could cut off trade with North Korea. China must understand that it is in their interest that North Korea not get nuclear weapons; not necessarily our interest, but their interest. When they come to that realization--which I think it is in their interest that North Korea be reined in to make sure that they don't use nuclear weapons or continue to develop nuclear weapons or use weapons against any of their neighbors--then North Korea will cease its belligerent activities. The key lies with Beijing. If they make that decision, the world will be safer. If they don't make that decision, the world and Beijing will not be safer either. Also, I want to point out kind of their philosophy, why they act the way they do. Beijing has, first of all, little regard for the lives of the millions of Chinese citizens.…
