Charles Bass

“Why did the Clinton Administration continue to liberalize export controls on sensitive technologies even after it learned that China had stolen designs?”

“There is a difference between strategic or technical default and default where you really don't have the economy to support the spending. We are not at that point yet. We could be. We could be, like some European nations.”

“As a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, I will be participating in several hearings on the startling revelations contained in the report.”

“The United States government first learned of the diversion of the W-88 nuclear warhead design in late 1995.”

“As the war on terrorism spreads and prolongs, the fruits of ending the threat of terrorism around the world will be tempered with a whole new series of problems to be addressed and resolved.”

“There are things I want to get done, and If I can reconnect where I was before, working on the issues I'm interested in, that's exciting to me.”

“For four years, I listened to stories of intelligence failures, and it wasn't due to incompetence of anyone in the system, but that the system is so arcane.”

“In its report, the Cox Committee concludes that China is using stolen U.S. design information to speed up its deployment of a new nuclear missile force.”

“The most important issue is clearly not the quality of treatment and care of these prisoners; rather it is the perplexing issue of what we now do with them.”

“The Cox Report documents a systematic, well-planned effort by the Chinese military at the highest levels to target and acquire technology for military modernization.”

“Many foster children have had difficulty making the transition to independent living. Several are homeless, become single parents, commit crimes, or live in poverty. They are also frequent targets of crime.”

“The U.S. military has done a phenomenal job of creating these facilities almost over-night and dealing with these sworn enemies of America with more respect and dignity than they ever would have considered according our officers had they captured any.”

“The committee's finding that China stole sensitive technology from U.S. weapons research labs is alarming.”