"I will just comment briefly. It is my understanding that the statute the gentleman was referring to only provides a statement of policy and not a statutory limit on the power of the President."
"The purpose of sanctions is to force the regime to change its policy by creating regime-threatening sanctions, and China does not want this regime threatened."
"For that reason, I am working on legislation to end North Korea's access to interbank financial transfers to prevent further abuses and reduce funding to North Korea's nuclear program."
"We can no longer just view North Korea as an annoying, petulant child. It is clear that North Korea is testing missiles and bombs for the purpose of developing warheads and ICBMs that can be put toget..."
"Okay, keep in mind, unless the regime is truly threatened and close to falling, they are not going to give up their 10 to 15 weapons because they feel they need those to defend themselves from us."
"It would be nice to cling to denuclearization, but as I think you predict, I think as most of us would predict, if we keep doing what we have been doing, we are going to get a very similar result."
"I think that if we wait until post-election, where we can sit in calm fashion and talk to our State Department and diplomats, et cetera, then we will be in a climate where we can resolve this issue in..."
"I think it should be all state sponsors of terrorism and North Korea."
"As to this century, I have seen this committee and the House of Representatives in general go from foreign policy makers to foreign policy kibitzers..."
"China emits twice as much greenhouse gases as the United States."
"Anything that drives down the price of oil is not just good for motorists in my district, it is good for American foreign policy."