I ask my colleagues to support this disapproval of a waiver of the JacksonVanik requirements of the 1974 Trade Act. What were the JacksonVanik requirements in that 1974 Trade Act? They clearly stated that we have concerns in this House dealing with human rights. things like freedom of religion and freedom of emigration. and this President of the United States. consistent with what he has done in many other cases around the world. has decided they do not count. they do not count at all. Those requirements that were laid down by former Congresses. much less our Founding Fathers. they do not count. because human rights does not count for this administration. I would hope that my colleagues would today join us in affirming that human rights and those principles that our country stands for do count for something. and that we do not believe in just waiving them.
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