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chair blumenthal: mr. byrne. mr. byrne: my personal position on this is that i take damien's point. i think the companies now know that many of their components, some might be counterfeit but likely tens of thousands of their components have ended up in russian and iranian weapons platforms and potentially, north korean. they know that it is happening and that it is a significant issue. if i were them obviously i would be looking at internal compliance departments and thinking how far can i trace them, what can we do to improve visibility in our supply chain. there are institutes like our colleagues, there is mine who have done a huge amount. we have generated dozens and dozens of private intelligence reports on the supply change. we are a small think tank in the united kingdom. if i were them i would be thinking how do they do it, what can we do to copy that, and can we improve our capability and identify bad actors. that is my position. chair blumenthal: i want to hold up a photo of a particular missile
chair blumenthal: mr. byrne. mr. byrne: my personal position on this is that i take damien's point. i think the companies now know that many of their components, some might be counterfeit but likely tens of thousands of their components have ended up in russian and iranian weapons platforms and potentially, north korean. they know that it is happening and that it is a significant issue. if i were them obviously i would be looking at internal compliance departments and thinking how far can i...
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chair blumenthal: mr. byrne, your organization has tracked a north korean vessel known for violating sanctions that made a cargo of -- cargo delivery, i believe, to a russian port after rush's invasion of ukraine. could you detailed that finding? mr. byrne: since august 2023 and number of russian vessels have loaded what we believe are likely thousands of containers of munitions from a north korean port and delivered them to russian facilities in the far east, where we believe they are shipped toward the front in ukraine. so, we now know, despite russia's membership in the un security council and its support of un security council resolutions against north korean weapons transfers that they themselves are violating these resolutions and procuring not just munitions, but now ballistic missiles from north korea and using them on european soil. it is incredible. having done this for a long time i never thought i would see this. chair blumenthal: would it be accurate to say that the trends we are seeing in ter
chair blumenthal: mr. byrne, your organization has tracked a north korean vessel known for violating sanctions that made a cargo of -- cargo delivery, i believe, to a russian port after rush's invasion of ukraine. could you detailed that finding? mr. byrne: since august 2023 and number of russian vessels have loaded what we believe are likely thousands of containers of munitions from a north korean port and delivered them to russian facilities in the far east, where we believe they are shipped...
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chair. >> thank you, senator. i will recognize senator ossoff and then we will take a 10 minute break. senator blumenthal will be back in first up and still in the first round for him. but after that, we will take a 10 minute break for everyone. you are recognized for your questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and secretary mayorkas, welcome back to the committee. mr. chairman, i cannot help but reflect on what has happened in the last few months in the senate. no one, and i mean no one is interested in or takes seriously lectures on border security from senate republicans. no one. in one of the most stunning acts of political cowardice in recent american history, a bipartisan border security bill co-authored by a conservative republican member of this committee was put forward in the u.s. senate. it would have tightened asylum standards. to stop exploitation of the asylum system. it would have surged enforcement resources to the border. it would have meant more expedited removals of those who enter this country
chair. >> thank you, senator. i will recognize senator ossoff and then we will take a 10 minute break. senator blumenthal will be back in first up and still in the first round for him. but after that, we will take a 10 minute break for everyone. you are recognized for your questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and secretary mayorkas, welcome back to the committee. mr. chairman, i cannot help but reflect on what has happened in the last few months in the senate. no one, and i mean...
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chair. >> thank you, senator. i will recognize senator ossoff and then we will take a 10 minute break. senator blumenthal will be back in first up and still in the first round for him. but after that, we will take a 10 minute break for everyone. you are recognized for your questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and secretary mayorkas, welcome back to the committee. mr. chairman, i cannot help but reflect on what has happened in the last few months in the senate. no one, and i mean no one is interested in or takes seriously lectures on border security from senate republicans. no one. in one of the most stunning acts of political cowardice in recent american history, a bipartisan border security bill co-authored by a conservative republican member of this committee was put forward in the u.s. senate. it would have tightened asylum standards. to stop exploitation of the asylum system. it would have surged enforcement resources to the border. it would have meant more expedited removals of those who enter this country
chair. >> thank you, senator. i will recognize senator ossoff and then we will take a 10 minute break. senator blumenthal will be back in first up and still in the first round for him. but after that, we will take a 10 minute break for everyone. you are recognized for your questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and secretary mayorkas, welcome back to the committee. mr. chairman, i cannot help but reflect on what has happened in the last few months in the senate. no one, and i mean...