institutions that knowingly do business with terrorists. the trump administration has already used existing sanctions and authorities more aggressively than any administration before us and now who are immediately putting these new authorities to good use as secretary mnuchin said. today the department of state announces the designation of 12 terrorist leaders isis wall lead of iraq and former mayor of improvised explosive devices, four senior members of hezbollah and leaders from hamas, palestine jihad, isis philippines, isis west africa and tpp in pakistan. further we're announcing the designation of a jihadist group in syria as a global terrorist entity. as these action show today's executive order by president trump adds further muscle to u.s. counterterrorism efforts. it will help us to ensure that deadly attacks of september 11th that occurred 18 years ago this