Mr. Speaker, let's go back to 1979. The executive branch sometimes does not get it right as we saw with President Jimmy Carter who adopted the one China policy here. And Congress had to step in with the Taiwan Relations Act in order to make sure that Taiwan was identified as a country. And that's what we've seen in the ensuing time since approximately 1980. So it is appropriate for Congress to step in in a situation like this when we see an … (03:55–04:03)
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