Ted Poe: “I thank the chairman and the ranking member, Mr. Sherman, for his cosponsorship of this legislation. Mr. Speaker, North…”

“I thank the chairman and the ranking member, Mr. Sherman, for his cosponsorship of this legislation. Mr. Speaker, North Korea was on the State Sponsors of Terrorism list for 20 years. It was taken off in 2008 for purely diplomatic reasons. North Korea agreed to freeze and disable its nuclear program as the result of international efforts known as the Six-Party Talks. In exchange, the United States decided to remove North Korea from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list. Fast forward 9 years later, North Korea remains off the list while it races toward the capability to send a nuclear warhead to American shores. There has been no secret about this. Little Kim has said he wants to send intercontinental ballistic missiles to the United States. North Korea has conducted four nuclear tests since 2008. Recent satellite images suggest that it is preparing for yet another nuclear test. North Korea is also doing all the things that got it placed on the State Sponsors of Terrorism list in the first place. North Korea harbored Japanese Red Army terrorists who participated in the hijacking of a jet in 1970. These terrorists are still living happily in North Korea today. Press reports suggests that little Kim is even arming and training Hamas and Hezbollah terrorists. A U.S. district court actually found in 2014 that North Korea materially supported terrorist attacks by Hezbollah against Israel. North Korea has also moved toward a new form of terrorism: cyber warfare.…”