Hours. And now for us to declare a recess of the committee at any time, and we will have five legislative days to submit extraneous materials to the chairman for inclusion into the record. This hearing is entitled a legislative proposal to impede north kr north koreas access to finance. I recognize myself for five minutes to give an opening statement. Todays hearing will examine draft legislation to impose secondary sanctions on foreign banks whose business supports the north korean regime whether directly or indirectly. By encompassing virtually all of north kr north koreas economic activity, these measures would are represent the toughest financial sanctions yet directed at pyongya pyongyang. This the means going after cole, petroleum, textiles and minerals as well as north korean laborers abroad. In addition, the bill would incentivize greater compliance with the u. N. Sanctions by leveraging the vote at the International Financial institutions where certain countries with the lax e
Have ratcheted up tensions with the United States at an alarming rate. With the knowledge that north korea conducted 20 missile test on over a dozen different occasions between february and september 2017, including tests of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, Many Americans and our allies around the globe remain on edge. However, americans may rightly wonder about north koreas ability to threaten the homeland. Intelligence from the kingdom is often inconsistent and limited, despite these intelligence challenges, information that has been gathered is reason enough for alarm. According to media reports, to north korean shipments to a Syrian Government Agency Responsible for the countrys Chemical Weapons Program were intercepted in the past six months. While these reports did not detail what the shipments to syria contained, this is not the first time a north korean ship has been seized carrying suspected Missile System components. In 2013, a north korean ship was intercepted in the pan
This week the state Department Released its annual report detailing the current state of religious freedom around the world. Blasphemy focused on laws finding that about one quarter of the world has such laws and they often result in beatings in public executions for those in violation. Also asked state Department Officials about religious tolerance in the United States. In light of comments made by banld trump regarding a suggested by donald trump. Good morning. It is my pleasure to join you to present the state Department International religious freedom report for 2015. I especially want to thank ambassador saperstein and his entire team for their hard work in producing this report and their focus on International Religious freedom every single day of the year. Commitment no one should ever have to doubt support for religious liberty guides the i state our Foreign Policy every single day. Their commitment underscores the fact that no one should ever have to doubt. Support for religio
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