I want to reiterate our thanks to you and Ranking Member Murray for these bipartisan hearings.
We are particularly grateful.
Senator Van Hollen and I have decided to pursue the BRINK Act legislation that would impose tough secondary sanctions.
I am worried less by a specific bill that is under consideration now than by what I see as a broader trend to try to shi...
Is not the only rational decision to discontinue doing business with North Korea?
Now let me go to this question of the adverse impact on the United States if one of these banks were to fail.
I think we all understand and agree on the severity of the threat posed by North Korea.
the U.N. panel also named several North Korean banks established, managed, or owned by Chinese companies.
Is not it really true that whatever business they are doing with North Korea, while it is absolutely essential to North ...
I think it is widely acknowledged that we have not yet imposed the toughest possible sanctions against North Korea.
Does everybody agree that secondary sanctions on the financial institutions--and I should point out that our legislation...
So if we are going to get there, we are at a point where we do have to do something radical. Would you not agree?
If you want to make that kind of change, you are going to have to do something if you are going to get the growth number...
But would you not agree, if we are going to--you know, the President talks about economic growth in the ballpark of 3, 4...
Even though the United States is experiencing lower unemployment, small employers widely report difficulty finding quali...
If we aren't able to meet the demands for trained workers, our country will not be able to compete globally.
America's economy has improved since the economic downturn 8 years ago and most signs of economic gain are promising.
The CHIP program has provided these services for little or no cost. CHIP is a tremendous value.
