[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 326]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      NORTH KOREA NEEDS DISABLING

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, this week the House will take up new 
sanctions on North Korea in response to their nuclear weapons test last 
week. This measure will prevent those facilitating their nuclear 
weapons program from entering the United States. It sanctions financial 
institutions and seizes assets in order to halt North Korea's nuclear 
weapons program.
  The steps we are taking reflect the type of approach we should also 
be taking with Iran. Rogue states, like Iran and North Korea, cannot be 
trusted to respect international agreements and must be coerced into 
giving up their nuclear weapons ambitions. Only when Iran and North 
Korea feel the financial impact of our sanctions will they change 
course.
  Iran and North Korea are also nations that both threaten key allies 
and friends of the United States. The sanctions we are contemplating 
are an important reminder to the world that the United States will not 
look the other way when reckless and aggressive regimes pursue the most 
deadly weapons in the world.

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