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mr. engel: mr. speaker i rise in strong support of this resolution and yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. engel: mr. speaker, the terrorist attacks by radical islamists in paris were tragedy for all who love peace and freedom. what happened at the offices of "charlie hebdo" and the kosher market reminds us that violent extremism remains a crucial threat. i'm happy to stand with the chairman here in showing strong bipartisanship once again because we grieve with france, our oldest allife our hearts break for all -- ally. our hearts break for all those. as a new yorker mr. speaker, i remember the outpouring of support from france following september 11, 2001. but even as we mourn the dead, we draw inspiration from the displays of courage and solidarity on the streets of the city of light, across europe and around the world. with the attackers still at large the region took to the streets in masses and peaceful vigils. they sent a clear me
mr. engel: mr. speaker i rise in strong support of this resolution and yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. engel: mr. speaker, the terrorist attacks by radical islamists in paris were tragedy for all who love peace and freedom. what happened at the offices of "charlie hebdo" and the kosher market reminds us that violent extremism remains a crucial threat. i'm happy to stand with the chairman here in showing strong...
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mr. chairman. >> thank you engel. this morning we're joined by representatives from the department of state, from treasury, and from homeland security. ambassador sung kim is the special representative for the north korea policy, and the deputy assistant secretary for korea and japan. previously he served as u.s. ambassador to the republic of korea. and he was the special envoy for the six-party talks. honorable daniel glaser, prior to his confirmation as assistant secretary for terrorist finance in the office of terrorism and financial intelligence at department of treasury, he served as the first director of the treasury's executive office of terrorist financing. and financial crimes. brigadier general gregory touhill is deputy assistant secretary for cybersecurity operations and programs at the department of homeland security previously he served in the united states air force as the chief information officer and director of command, control communications, and cyber systems. at u.s. transportation command. and so
mr. chairman. >> thank you engel. this morning we're joined by representatives from the department of state, from treasury, and from homeland security. ambassador sung kim is the special representative for the north korea policy, and the deputy assistant secretary for korea and japan. previously he served as u.s. ambassador to the republic of korea. and he was the special envoy for the six-party talks. honorable daniel glaser, prior to his confirmation as assistant secretary for terrorist...
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mr. chairman. >> thank you engel.is morning we're joined by representatives from the department of state from treasury, and from homeland security. ambassador sung kim is the special representative for the north korea policy and the deputy assistant secretary for korea and japan. previously he served as u.s. ambassador to the republic of korea. and he was the special envoy for the six-party talks. honorable daniel glaser, prior to his confirmation as assistant secretary for terrorist finance in the office of terrorism and financial intelligence at department of treasury he served as the first director of the treasury's executive office of terrorist financing. and financial crimes. brigadier general gregory touhill is deputy assistant secretary for cybersecurity operations and programs at the department of homeland security previously he served in the united states air force as the chief information officer and director of command, control communications, and cyber systems. at u.s. transportation command. and so withou
mr. chairman. >> thank you engel.is morning we're joined by representatives from the department of state from treasury, and from homeland security. ambassador sung kim is the special representative for the north korea policy and the deputy assistant secretary for korea and japan. previously he served as u.s. ambassador to the republic of korea. and he was the special envoy for the six-party talks. honorable daniel glaser, prior to his confirmation as assistant secretary for terrorist...
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mr. engelfor holding this important hearing. i would like to thank the committee staff for their work and the distinguished panel for providing us with their analysist. ambassador kim david albright, the president of the institute for science and international security has commented that north korean policy of -- president barack obama's administration has been called quote, strategic patience. and recently the president said in response to the hacking the sony hacking that the u.s. would respond, quote, proportionally. can you define that for me and comment, if you will, on this strategic patience reference? >> thank you, congressman. strategic patience i think has been misunderstood as our policy. it is not. it was just a description of the approach we were taking about resumption of negotiation precisely because of the important lessons we have learned from our previous efforts in negotiating with the north koreans in the six-party process and earlier in the framework of the mid 1990s. we we
mr. engelfor holding this important hearing. i would like to thank the committee staff for their work and the distinguished panel for providing us with their analysist. ambassador kim david albright, the president of the institute for science and international security has commented that north korean policy of -- president barack obama's administration has been called quote, strategic patience. and recently the president said in response to the hacking the sony hacking that the u.s. would...
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mr. engel talked about the balance of holding the north korean leaders accountable and at the same time being mindful of the oppressed population. can you tell me -- and maybe this is a combination of the ambassador kim and the assistant secretary glaser, but how are you doing that, managing that delicate balance and can you give us a specific example of how the supposed expanded authorities under the recent executive order are being applied? >> well, again, i fail to see how any actions that we've taken through our financial sanctions or other financial measures we've applied to north korea has negatively impacted the korean people as i've said again, this is entirely of the decisions of the government of north korea. why we have adopted the approach we have adopted is for a couple of different reasons. one is that in order for -- in order for the government of north korea to maintain itself it needs access to hard currency, it needs access to the international financial system not a lot. but
mr. engel talked about the balance of holding the north korean leaders accountable and at the same time being mindful of the oppressed population. can you tell me -- and maybe this is a combination of the ambassador kim and the assistant secretary glaser, but how are you doing that, managing that delicate balance and can you give us a specific example of how the supposed expanded authorities under the recent executive order are being applied? >> well, again, i fail to see how any actions...
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we go now to mr. engel. >> thank you mr. chairman. the chairman mentioned, and i agree the bottom line is that there needs to be an impact on the families that from the country the kim family and all of their entanglement. when we went to pyongyang -- now granted i was there twice, and granted you are limited to what you can see -- we were told that we could only be in the capital copy couldn't go outside of the capital and then we deserved people going to work in the morning and it didn't look to me like -- people were wearing dress clothes for work and it seemed like any other major city. but we are told that pyongyang is essentially where that leads live and so they are treated relatively well. the rest of the country is starving and that's the problem so what can be done to bolster the enforcement of the existing sanctions in a way that would impose meaningful costs to the north korean elites? what other levers that we have to influence them to make sure that it's not a situation where you have deleted the capital doing relatively
we go now to mr. engel. >> thank you mr. chairman. the chairman mentioned, and i agree the bottom line is that there needs to be an impact on the families that from the country the kim family and all of their entanglement. when we went to pyongyang -- now granted i was there twice, and granted you are limited to what you can see -- we were told that we could only be in the capital copy couldn't go outside of the capital and then we deserved people going to work in the morning and it...
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we go now to mr. engel. >> thank you, mr. chairman. the chairman mentioned, and i agree, the bottom line is that there needs to be an impact on the families that run the country, the kim family obviously all of their entanglement. when we went to pyongyang now granted i was there twice and granted you are limited to what you can see, we were told that we could only be in the capital and we could go outside of the capital. when we got up early and the absurd people going to work in the morning, everything seemed really normal. people looked to me like they were fed properly. people were wearing dress clothes for work. it seemed almost like any other major city. but we are told that pyongyang is essentially where the elite live, so the elite are treated relatively well while the rest of the country is starving, and that's really the problem. so what can be done to bolster the enforcement of existing sanctions in a way that would impose meaningful costs to the north korean elite? what other lepers what we have to influence them to make su
we go now to mr. engel. >> thank you, mr. chairman. the chairman mentioned, and i agree, the bottom line is that there needs to be an impact on the families that run the country, the kim family obviously all of their entanglement. when we went to pyongyang now granted i was there twice and granted you are limited to what you can see, we were told that we could only be in the capital and we could go outside of the capital. when we got up early and the absurd people going to work in the...
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mr. smith: thank you very much, chairman royce. i thank you again for your leadership, for marking this bill up in the last congress. we went through it regular order, you and eliot engelwere outstanding and i do appreciate that and staff. i also want to thank bob goodlatte who has been a very strong proponent of this legislation. mrs. carolyn maloney, mr. poe of texas, ms. mccollum and mr. yoho. mr. speaker, there is no higher duty or responsibility of government than to protect children from violence and predatory behavior. we have a duty
mr. smith: thank you very much, chairman royce. i thank you again for your leadership, for marking this bill up in the last congress. we went through it regular order, you and eliot engelwere outstanding and i do appreciate that and staff. i also want to thank bob goodlatte who has been a very strong proponent of this legislation. mrs. carolyn maloney, mr. poe of texas, ms. mccollum and mr. yoho. mr. speaker, there is no higher duty or responsibility of government than to protect children from...
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i want to express my deep disappointment at the votes just take -- mr. engel: i want to express my deep disappointment at the votes just taken in the house. in light of what went on in paris new york light of september 11, in light of the fact that there are terrorist cells, we need the department of homeland security to be fully funded. differences of opinion with the president on the immigration bill, that should be fought on an immigration bill. but we shouldn't mix apples with oranges. my mother used to say you shouldn't cut off your nose to spite your face and that's exactly what this house did just before. we cut off our nose to spite our face, prove a point of dissatisfaction with the president, we cut funds for homeland security. that's an irresponsible act. i really wish it would be reversed. we need to fully fund homeland security. the fight on immigration is the fight on immigration, let's not mix apples with oranges to quote another metaphor. so i am terribly disappointed and i say to my colleagues, the department of homeland security needs to be f
i want to express my deep disappointment at the votes just take -- mr. engel: i want to express my deep disappointment at the votes just taken in the house. in light of what went on in paris new york light of september 11, in light of the fact that there are terrorist cells, we need the department of homeland security to be fully funded. differences of opinion with the president on the immigration bill, that should be fought on an immigration bill. but we shouldn't mix apples with oranges. my...
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work together on cybersecurity and i appreciate you bringing it up and look forward to working with mr. engel as well on those concepts okay? we go to jerry connolly from virginia. >> thank you, mr. mccaul and mr. chairman. if you're looking for democrat i will be glad to work with you as well. cybersecurity is big issue in my district. so i would be delighted to help in anyway. i thank the chairman and ranking member for holding this hearing and welcome to our panel. your last comment general, i think underscores something though, i mean, the distinction between the private sector and the public sector when it comes to cybersecurity really isn't a helpful distinction. 85% of the critical infrastructure in this country, for example, is controlled by the private sector. that doesn't mean we don't have a public sector interest in it. and the interface between social media, and other things, we may be doing in the public sector, is often almost seamless because they are so connected. so that's why it seems to me we've got to be concerned even with the kind of attack that occurred the other day i
work together on cybersecurity and i appreciate you bringing it up and look forward to working with mr. engel as well on those concepts okay? we go to jerry connolly from virginia. >> thank you, mr. mccaul and mr. chairman. if you're looking for democrat i will be glad to work with you as well. cybersecurity is big issue in my district. so i would be delighted to help in anyway. i thank the chairman and ranking member for holding this hearing and welcome to our panel. your last comment...
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engel. [applause] >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. i would like to start with thanking you very sincerely not just for chairing this but actually making this possible because those six years we have had with the u.k. youth parliament, the privilege we have had to hear the youth parliament and the chamber would not have been possible without the work you have done and without enabling this kind of assembly once a year that we are all so religious to take a part in. thank you very much, esther speaker. i would also like to say a thank you to robin -- the speech you made at the beginning is so deeply moving and i think we will all miss it. the person who follows you has large boots to fill. thank you very much. i would also like to say i normally do the wind up at the end it makes it easier. i get the chance to listen to you and distill all your best ideas and use them. but this time i am standing in for someone who's not able to be here today. she sends her great apologies because i know she is a great supporter of the u.k. youth parlia
engel. [applause] >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. i would like to start with thanking you very sincerely not just for chairing this but actually making this possible because those six years we have had with the u.k. youth parliament, the privilege we have had to hear the youth parliament and the chamber would not have been possible without the work you have done and without enabling this kind of assembly once a year that we are all so religious to take a part in. thank you very much,...
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engel. [applause] >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. i would like to start with thanking you very sincerely not just for chairing this but actually making this possible because those six years we have had with the u.k. youth parliament, the privilege we have had to hear the youth parliament and the chamber would not have been possible without the work you have done and without enabling this kind of assembly once a year that we are all so privileged to take a part in. thank you very much, esther speaker. i would also like to say a thank you to robin -- the speech you made at the beginning is so deeply moving and i think we will all miss it. the person who follows you has large boots to fill. thank you very much. i would also like to say i normally do the wind up at the end it makes it easier. i get the chance to listen to you and distill all your best ideas and use them. but this time i am standing in for angela eagle who's not able to be here today. she sends her great apologies because i know she is a great supporter of the u.k. youth
engel. [applause] >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. i would like to start with thanking you very sincerely not just for chairing this but actually making this possible because those six years we have had with the u.k. youth parliament, the privilege we have had to hear the youth parliament and the chamber would not have been possible without the work you have done and without enabling this kind of assembly once a year that we are all so privileged to take a part in. thank you very...
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mr. smith: thank you very much, chairman royce. i thank you again for your leadership, for marking this bill up in the last congress. we went through it regular order, you and eliot engel were outstanding and i do appreciate that and staff. i also want to thank bob goodlatte who has been a very strong proponent of this legislation. mrs. carolyn maloney, mr. poe of texas, ms. mccollum and mr. yoho. mr. speaker, there is no higher duty or responsibility of government than to protect children from violence and predatory behavior. we have a duty to protect the weakest and the most vulnerable. the international megan's law to prevent demand for child sex trafficking, or h.r. 515, will protect children from sex tourism by notifying countries when convicted pedophiles plan to travel. to protect american children, the bill encourages the president to use bilateral agreements and assistance to establish reciprocal notification so we'll know when convicted child sex offenders are coming here. mr. speaker, i actually got the idea of international megan's law in a conversation with a trafficking in persons delegation from thailand ri a meeting in my office in 2007. i asked the tha
mr. smith: thank you very much, chairman royce. i thank you again for your leadership, for marking this bill up in the last congress. we went through it regular order, you and eliot engel were outstanding and i do appreciate that and staff. i also want to thank bob goodlatte who has been a very strong proponent of this legislation. mrs. carolyn maloney, mr. poe of texas, ms. mccollum and mr. yoho. mr. speaker, there is no higher duty or responsibility of government than to protect children from...