[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 120 (Tuesday, July 17, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H6272]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   NORTH KOREA BRUTALIZES ITS PEOPLE

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, North Korea's nuclear program is 
perhaps the greatest threat to U.S. national security, but we must 
never forget the horrendous plight of the North Korean people.
  Little Kim and his dynasty are guilty of some of the worst human 
rights abuses in human history. Freedom of religion and freedom of 
speech do not exist in North Korea. Christians are routinely arrested, 
tortured, imprisoned, and executed, their families sent to prison camps 
for ``guilt by association.''
  Reports estimate that almost 130,000 political prisoners are 
suffering brutal conditions in highly secret work camps around North 
Korea. Systematic murder, torture, rape, forced abortions, starvation, 
and overwork are leading to countless deaths every day, and the Kim 
regime is giving no signs of relenting.
  Despite any nuclear agreement, we must make it clear that the United 
States will never waiver in its support for basic human dignity of the 
North Korean people.
  And that is just the way it is.

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