We are determined the senate will speak out today just as the president did yesterday. The damage to relations between ur two nations has already been serious. The potential for far more profound damage is very real. The American People have seen and heard what has happened in beijing these past days. The American People will not tolerate business as usual with a regime that mows down its own citizens in the streets of its capital. The American Government cannot conduct normal relations with a regime which believes itself free to act that way. At the president said yesterday, we have a vital interest with the prc. We have a profound and commitment to human freedom and dignity. The Chinese Government must understand that. While we have no desire to shoot ourselves in the foot, we are not going to turn our backs on people who want only to be free. The president has spoken strongly and wisely. He has sent a clear and major message. I am convinced it is the right message true to our our de
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