October 24, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð HOUSE H9543 October 3, Don Olson died in St. Paul, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a this when you hear this Chinese Presi- MN. I am honored that I was able to previous order of the House, the gentle- dent coming to the country. have met him during his 74 years of woman from Washington [Mrs. LINDA No. 4, remember also when you hear life, the time God gave him to be on SMITH] is recognized for 5 minutes. him speaking that the Chinese govern- this Earth, and I am blessed to have [Mrs. LINDA SMITH addressed the ment runs a gruesome trade in human called him my friend. House. Her remarks will appear here- organs, taking organs from executed After graduating from his rural Wis- after in the Extensions of Remarks.] prisoners and selling them to foreign consin high school in 1941, Don an- f buyers for tens of thousands of dollars. swered his country's call to duty and They shoot people, they take their The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a served in the 70th Army Air Force blood sample, they take their tissue previous order of the House, the gen- Technical Training Detachment during sample and they sell their organs for tleman from Kansas [Mr. TIAHRT] is World War II. He graduated from the $35,000. So when you hear him go to recognized for 5 minutes. Army Air Forces Navigation School in Harvard and speak out, know that his San Marcos, TX in 1945. After the war, [Mr. TIAHRT addressed the House. government is selling kidneys of pris- Don came back to Minnesota and grad- His remarks will appear hereafter in oners for $35,000. uated cum laude from St. Olaf College the Extensions of Remarks.] Remember also, No. 5, that China's in Northfield, MN, which is also in my f one-child policy results in forced abor- district; he earned a master's degree CHINA tions and sterilization of women, where from the University of Minnesota in they track them down in the villages 1949; and later a law degree from the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a and force them to get abortions. St. Paul College of Law. previous order of the House, the gen- No. 6, when you hear President Clin- OLF] is Earlier this week I was telling my tleman from Virginia [Mr. W ton speak about our relationship with recognized for 5 minutes. staff about Don Olson and I said, he this man and with the Chinese govern- Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, the Presi- probably has forgotten more about gov- ment, remember that China has more dent of China will be visiting here be- ernment and the way it is supposed to gulags today than they had in the So- ginning this Sunday. I know that we work than most of us will ever know. viet Union when Solzhenitsyn wrote will treat him in a very courteous man- That was not an exaggeration. After the book ``Gulag Archipelago.'' There ner but I want the American people to working in the Minnesota State legis- are more gulag slave camps in China know every time they hear President lature, Don came out here to Washing- today than there were in the Soviet Clinton talk about the President of ton and served in the office of Senator Union under the worst times. China and every time they hear the Ed Thye, worked as congressional liai- Also know, No. 7, that China sells President of China speak, they should son for the Small Business Administra- arms and dangerous technology to bel- remember the following things: tion, and later he was the administra- ligerent countries which could one day No. 1, China persecutes people be- tive assistant in the office of Min- endanger men and women in the mili- cause of their religious beliefs. Catho- nesota Congressman Ancher Nelson, tary. Some days on this floor it is al- lic bishops are in jail, Catholic priests where he served for 14 years. most reminiscent of 1937, 1938, and 1939, are in jail, hundreds of them, and on In 1974, Don returned to the Midwest where Winston Churchill warned of the October 8, Chinese authorities arrested when he was hired by a little family danger of Nazi Germany and some of again and again Bishop Su who has clinic in my district, run by the Mayo the things that were sold in Nazi Ger- been one of the most prominent bish- brothers, to be their governmental af- many were used against Americans. I ops who is now back in jail. Protestant fairs specialist. He was the first person fear for it and every Member of this pastors are in jail and hundreds of that Mayo Clinic ever hired to do this body ought to get the intelligence them have been arrested. important job, and his work was noth- briefing by the CIA, the NSA, and the No. 2, China denies its citizens basic ing short of outstanding in his 14 years DIA to find out what weapons they are human rights and imprisons people for there until he retired in 1988. selling. speaking out in support of freedom. It was during his years at Mayo that No. 8, China continues to violate a Wei Jingsheng, one of China's most im- I met Don Olson. It was about 1976. He range of bilateral and international portant prisoners, languishes in not was always a man of impeccable hon- proliferation and missile technology well conditions in jail serving a 15-year esty and a record of personal integrity treaties. sentence. He was detained in 1994 after that no one would ever question. He No. 9, China's State-owned companies meeting with Assistant Secretary for was also the kind of person that you sold AK±47's to street gangs in Califor- Democracy and Human Rights John could confide in. You could tell Don nia that could be used against Amer- Shattuck. So when you hear the Presi- Olson your deepest fears and know that ican citizens. So when you see the Chi- dent of China speak, remember Wei and they would go no further than his ears. nese President standing next to Presi- also Wang Dan, who has also been im- Robert Frost once wrote, ``Govern- dent Clinton, remember that a com- prisoned for his activities in ment is a thing made of men and it dies pany connected with his government Tiananmen Square. as the men who made it die.'' With was selling assault weapons to street No. 3, when you hear the Chinese these words in mind, I cannot think of gangs in California that could be used President speak at Independence Hall, a better place for me to remember Don to kill American people. which will be a disgrace for Independ- Olson than from the floor of this House No. 10, the Chinese trade surplus with ence Hall to have the Chinese Presi- of Representatives. the United States approached $40 bil- dent go there where Thomas Jefferson I know that Don's daughters Tina lion last year and is getting bigger gave the words ``We hold these truths and Lori as well as his son Wayne and every month. In August the United to be self-evident,'' but when you hear his loving wife of 38 years, Terri, are States trade deficit with China jumped him there remember that China is bru- watching this afternoon. I want you all 10.6 percent, the highest of any coun- tally repressing the people of Tibet, de- to know that my thoughts and prayers try, driving American men and women stroying their culture, destroying their continue to be with you. This is a great out of their jobs. religion, destroying 4,000 to 5,000 mon- Mr. Speaker, China's President will loss for the family, it is a great loss for asteries and in Tibet the one growth visit Washington, Williamsburg, and me, and it is a great loss for America. industry is the growth of prisons where Philadelphia, which will be a disgrace f Buddhist priests and Buddhist nuns are when he visits Independence Hall and The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a being put in jail. We had testimony of other sites in the United States. Every previous order of the House, the gen- a 28-year-old Tibetan Buddhist nun time he speaks, the world should re- tleman from West Virginia [Mr. WISE] who told the House Committee on member the men and women who are is recognized for 5 minutes. International Relations how her Chi- languishing in Chinese prisons under [Mr. WISE addressed the House. His nese jailers tortured her with an elec- his control and do not buy into his remarks will appear hereafter in the tric cattle prod, putting it on all parts message. I ask him to change his pol- Extensions of Remarks.] of her body. You have got to remember icy. H9544 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð HOUSE October 24, 1997 Mr. Speaker, I include for the ties had ordered the monks of all of Lhasa's told to stand with our hands against the wall RECORD the testimony of Tsultrim monasteries to attend, as they had invited as six policemen took each one in turn, held Dolma before the House Committee on journalists from many different countries to us down and beat us with electric prods and International Relations hearing on re- film the ceremony as an example of religious a small, broken chair and kicked us. freedom in Tibet. The monks of Sera, Gyaltsen Lochoe was kicked in the face.