TJ Cox: “I thank the chairman once again. Mr. Chairman, an amendment to strike the funding in the bill for KEDO was made in…”

“I thank the chairman once again. Mr. Chairman, an amendment to strike the funding in the bill for KEDO was made in order. My amendment was prompted by reports that North Korea has in fact developed nuclear weapons, that it has thus far failed to permit third-party inspections of its nuclear facilities adequate to account for its stocks of highly enriched weapons-grade plutonium and that KEDO has sought to borrow funds in excess of its direct international funding. Since the committee's inclusion of KEDO funding is premised on the administration's representations about these very matters, I once again inquire, will the chairman be willing to revisit the provision of this bill at a future date if the reports to which I have referred prove to be true?”