Chris Smith

I hope that is something that is very aggressively being pursued as well.

For many, there is a significant, and I think a profoundly significant, under-appreciation for Juche, the dictatorship cult, deification of Kim Il-sung.

Sanctions are not the only way to apply pressure on the regime.

We can designate Chinese banks and companies unilaterally, giving them a choice between doing business with North Korea or the United States.

To be effective, these tools need to be implemented aggressively.

We passed a North Korea Sanctions bill last February, authored by myself and Mr. Eliot Engel.

I think that most experts on Korea would say that the main, overarching goal... is pretty much an overarching purpose and goal.

The cooperation between the Iranians and Pyongyang when it comes to ballistic missiles, that was something that I and others asked when the Iran deal was being contemplated.

Finally, we know that China subsidizes North Korea's bad behavior.

Can de-mythify the Kims because the big lie has certainly been imbedded in the hearts and minds of so many North Koreans for so long?

There is a significant, and I think a profoundly significant, under-appreciation for Juche, the dictatorship cult.

My hope is that China and Russia will comply with the terms and conditions.

I also want to express my deepest respect to Ambassador Haley and the administration for drafting Resolution 2375.

This is a corrupt regime that is also oppressive and brutal with its own people.

I mean, that is so despicable and it is just part of what I think is a very malevolent attitude toward people who disagree with them on human rights.

Demssew was a track star, a world-class track star, who was tortured by the Ethiopian security forces in a way that made his ability to run go away.

However, the continuing violations of human rights are absolutely unacceptable.

This resolution is like a mirror held up to the Government of Ethiopia on how others see them and it is intended to encourage them to move on reforms.

We need to enhance transparency and support education for displaced children, especially women and girls.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I thank him and Eliot Engel for sponsoring this important bill. This bill brings together a critical arsenal of stiff and timely sanctions against Iran, Russia, and North Korea. The administration was…

I do hope, especially with the G7 statement, that if there needs to be a bridge for food security to those who are suffering...

Not less than $1.6 billion should be made available to carry out the provisions of the Global Food Security Act of 2016

There is a battle in the world going on these days, not between ideologies, but between stability versus instability.

And whenever you divert a young person from Boko Haram into a productive member of society, you don't know how many people you have saved directly, and tangentially, today, and to come, right? But we know the work is worthwhile.

I was the author of the House version of the bill, which had the support of Ms. Bass and Mr. Meadows from our subcommittee, and Betty McCollum, who was the principal Democratic cosponsor on our bill.