Political Quotes

“I rise to speak about the threat from North Korea to U.S. national security and to our friends and allies in East Asia. On May 9, North Korea claimed it had test-fired a ballistic missile from a submarine, raising concerns across the region. If these reports are accurate, experts point out that North Korea may have succeeded for the first time in installing a missile launcher of about 2,500 tons onto a submarine. If that is true, with this test, North Korea violated a series of United Nations Security Council resolutions, including resolutions 1718, 1874, 2087, and 2094. According to a more cautious assessment from South Korean officials, it appears North Korea will be able to deploy a fully operational submarine capable of launching a ballistic missile in only 4 to 5 years. This launch is the latest confirmation of Pyongyang's growing nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities while the Obama administration seems to have fallen asleep at the switch with regard to our policy to deter the growing North Korea threat. According to the Director of National Intelligence's 2015 Worldwide Threat Assessment, ``North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile programs pose a serious threat to the United States and to the security environment in East Asia.'' We should remember North Korea has already tested nuclear weapons on three separate occasions--2006, 2009, and in February of 2013.…”