Pursuant clause 8 of rule 20, proceedings will resume on questions previously postponed, votes will be taken in the following order, suspending the rules and passing h. R. 3851 if ordered, suspending the rules and passing h. R. 1997 and agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal. The first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15minute vote. Remaining votes will be conducted as fiveminute votes. The Unfinished Business is the question on suspending the rules and passing h. R. 3851 as amended. Which the clerk will report by title. The clerk h. R. 3851 a bill to amend the state Department Authorities act to provide for rewards for arrests of certain foreign nationals. The speaker pro tempore will the house suspend pt rules and pass the bill as amended. So many who are in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, 2 3 being in the affirmative. I request the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore the yeas and nays are requested. Those favoring a vote by the yeas
Before we gavel the hearing in, i would just like to remind audience members that disruption of Committee Proceedings is against the law and will not be tolerated. Although wearing themed shirts while seated in the hearing room is certainly permissible, holding up signs during the proceedings, that is not permissible. So any disruptions will result in a suspension of the proceedings until the Capital Police can restore order. With that, i would id like to call us to order here for our hearing this morning and ask all the members to take their seats if you could. On september 3rd north korea detonated a Nuclear Device that according to news reports was stronger than all of the previous tests combined. This Hydrogen Bomb represents the latest advancement in north koreas longrunning nuclear and Intercontinental Ballistic Missile programs which now pose an urge gents threat to the United States. Moreover, the apparent speed in which these north korean advancements have occurred are challen
[inaudible conversations] before we tackle the hearing i would like to remind the audience members the disruption of proceedings is against the law and will not be tolerated also wearing themed shirts while seated in the room is certainly permissible holding up signs during the proceedings is not permissible and will be suspended until Capital Police can restore order. With that, i would like to call us to order for our hearing this morning and ask all the members to take their seats if you cou could. On september 3, north korea detonated a Nuclear Device thats according to news reports is stronger than any of the previous tests combined. This represents the latest advancement in north koreas Intercontinental Ballistic Missile programs which now posed an urgent threat to the United States. Moreover, the apparent speed in which the advancements have occurred are challenging the security structure across east asia creating dangerous instability in the region and that instability will lik
Financial intelligence of the department of the treasury where he focused on illicit finance. And so we welcome both our witnesses to the committee. Without objection, the witnesses for prepared statements are going to be made a part of the record and all members here will have five calendar days to submit any statements or additional questions or any extraneous material for the record. With that, i would suggest and would begin with you if you could summarize your remarks and then we will go to questions. Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. Ranking member angle, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the ever increasing challenge that north korea poses. The threat posed by the Ballistic Missile and Nuclear Program is grave. Six Nuclear Tests on september 3 is an unacceptable provocation that ignores repeated calls from the International Community for a change in their behavior. It followed the august 28 Ballistic Missile launch tha
President trump thank you, very much. Today i am announcing a new executive order, just signed, that significantly expands our authority to target individuals, companies, Financial Institutions that finance and facilitate trade with north korea. Address toed at my the United Nations general north Koreas Nuclear weapons and Missile Development is a grave threat to peace and security in our world, and it is an acceptable that others financially support this criminal, rogue regime. The brutal north korean regime does not respect its own citizens, or the sovereignty of other nations. Order will cutve off sources of revenue that fund north koreas efforts to develop the deadliest weapons known to humankind. The order enhances the Treasury Department authorities to target any individual or entity that conducts significant trade in goods, technology or services to north korea. And im very proud to tell you that, as you may have heard moments ago, china, their centralbank, has told their other