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“WHO IS MINDING THE STORE?” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Commerce was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H4069 on June 4, 1998.
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WHO IS MINDING THE STORE?
(Mr. WELDON of Florida asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. WELDON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, to look at American policy of helping China develop its missile and rocket programs, one can only ask who is minding the store. While most Americans would think that we should not be arming our adversaries, apparently there are some in this administration who think otherwise. This is liberalism at its most mindless and most dangerous.
How else to explain the administration's policy of helping Communist China develop its missile and rocket program? How else to explain the administration's decision to allow the Commerce Department to overrule the Justice Department and the Pentagon in matters of national security? How else do we explain the administration's decision to help China to perfect its Long March missile? How else do we explain the administration's policy of arming the same country that reportedly has 13 long-range strategic missiles pointed at the United States?
I cannot explain it, and I do not know how the administration is going to attack their accusers this time. It is the American people who are demanding answers.
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