Ed Royce: “I again want to thank Judge Poe for his determination to have North Korea labeled as a terrorist state. As Judge Poe…”

“I again want to thank Judge Poe for his determination to have North Korea labeled as a terrorist state. As Judge Poe notes, that is just the way it is. With the passage of this bill today, we are going to take another step, I think, toward pushing back on that regime's destructive ambitions. I think also it is worth noting that we have a recently published U.N. panel of experts on North Korea. They put out this report that says that North Korea continues to illicitly ship dual-use items to both Syria and Iran. Now, those are two terrorist regimes. So I hope that the new administration will move quickly to relist North Korea and continue to seek ways to increase pressure on the regime through the sanctions bill that we passed out of here today and other measures. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this important measure, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Royce) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 479, as amended. The question was taken. The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being in the affirmative, the ayes have it.”