[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 72 (Wednesday, May 14, 2003)]
[House]
[Pages H4017-H4018]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TIME TO DEAL WITH NORTH KOREA

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, the dictatorship Government of North Korea is 
a menace to world peace. It continues to produce nuclear material, 
violating its agreements. They want to use these weapons to blackmail 
us for more assistance. And in reports this week, it looks like this 
rogue regime is using the international drug trade to fund its terrible 
activities. We cannot negotiate with a regime like this.
  In 1985, North Korea signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. 
Eighteen months later it stalled in implementing the treaty, demanding 
that we remove nuclear weapons from South Korea. As we negotiated, they 
made nuclear weapons. In 1991, we withdrew our weapons from South 
Korea. In 1996, President Clinton tried to bargain

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again, giving North Korea more assistance to stop making nuclear 
weapons.
  This time we should not be intimidated into making concessions to a 
rogue regime because they want to extract more assistance. Kim Jong Il 
uses whatever money he can get to terrorize his people and threaten the 
security of the entire region. China, Japan, Russia, and South Korea 
all should make an effort to contain this rogue dictator and help put 
an end to his blackmail games.

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