Political Quotes

“Mr. President, as the Presiding Officer knows, today I am submitting a resolution, joined by the junior Senator from Alaska, the Presiding Officer, and the senior Senator from Arizona, Mr. McCain, as well as Senators Risch, Inhofe, Rubio, Tillis, and Strange. The purpose of this resolution is to expressly declare that Congress is unified in its condemnation of the increasingly hostile and perpetually intransigent behavior of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. North Korea, as the world knows, has been dangerously pursuing its nuclear weapons capabilities for a long time. Since dictator Kim Jong Un took power 6 years ago, he has ordered at least four nuclear tests, including the September detonation of what his regime and outside experts generally agree was a hydrogen bomb. Despite great efforts made by the United States, including a recent Executive order by our President, North Korea's history as a bad-faith negotiator continues unabated on the world's stage. It obstinately violates diplomatic norms and human rights at will and was recently redesignated as a state sponsor of terrorism. We simply can't afford to wander naively down a path of appeasement when lessons learned over more than half a century have laid bear North Korea's behavioral patterns. They have exposed the regime's militant refusal to cooperate with the world community and simply denuclearize.…”