mr. royce: state of the union is coming up here. the seventh state of the union and we have had seven years now of policies that focused on the befriending our enemies and distancing ourselves from our allies, ignoring our allies and the consequences of that, i would just give one example. if we think back to 2005, there was a historic opportunity in iran to are are are are have ar chance at reaching out to the people of that country who had gone to the streets after a stolen election and many of you remember the early broadcasting you saw, that young woman on the street who was shot by the authorities. and the con see consequences of a society, 2/3 of the people wanted a western style democracy and just had been robbed of an election. and we had the president make his strategic calculus not to do the reagan thing. not to reach out in support of the people. but instead to decide that the engagement would be a long-term engagement with the eye tolla. and -- ayotollah and we saw a situation was m

mr. royce, seek recognition? mr. royce: pursuant to house resolution 583, i call up h.r. 3662 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 3662, a bill to enhance congressional oversight over the administration of sanctions against certain iranian terrorism financiers, nd for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 583, the bill is considered as read. the gentleman from california, mr. royce, and the gentleman from new york, mr. engel, each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. royce. mr. royce: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to evise and extend their remarks and to submit any extraneous materials, mr. speaker, on this measure. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. royce: i also ask unanimous consent to place in the record an exchange of letters with the chairman of the committee on financial

mr. royce: we're operating nder the 2001 and twee -- 2002 authorization. danielle: correct. mr. royce: what i support is the authorization of use of military force that will give our commanders the flexibility they need mountain field. one of the things we need, though, in all of this is the commander in chief to be a commander in chief. one of the things we need as we move forward on this is a commander in chief willing not to tie his own habbeds and the hands of whoever follows him into office but instead to be dedicated not to a containment policy with respect to this but destroying isis. let me just speak to that issue for a moment because when isis came out of raqqah in syria and began its assault across the -- well, across northern syria and across the border into yirke, there were calls from the pentagon -- into iraq, there were calls from the pentagon to use u.s. airpower in the same way we had used it in -- back during the first gulf war when kuwait was invaded. you will recall when ku

mr. royce: i yield five minutes to the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. russell, the author of this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. russell: thank you, mr. chairman. 19 august 2015, and i quote, the president of the united states, i made sure that the united states reserved its right to maintain and enforce existing sanctions and deploy new sanctions to address those continuing concerns. which we fully intend to do when circumstances warrant. i'm confident that in the days it is imperative that we take steps to deal with iran's destabilizing activities for support of terrorism. involves continued enforcement of international and united states law, including sanctions related to iran's nonnuclear activities. we will maintain, and i'm quoting the president, powerful sanctions targeting iran's support for groups such as hezbollah, its destabilizing role in yemen, backing of the asat regime. -- assad program, and rights at home, end quote. this is

mr. royce: i yield three minutes to the gentleman from texas, judge poe, part of the subcommittee on terrorism, nonproliferation and trade. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. poe: i thank the gentleman for his time and his work on this legislation. i do want to comment that the ranking member, plengle, i value his wisdom on the issue of iran and especially in defense of israel. we happen to disagree on this specific legislation. mr. speaker, the nuclear agreement with the -- that the administration made with iran was still a bad deal for america. as a former judge down in texas, i know that when the bad guys do bad things, you don't reward bad conduct. at a time when the administration needs to be strong and firm, it seems to be showing wobbly knees on this deal. now, we're left with a deal where the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism is only a few steps away from a nuclear bomb. the administration's continued leniency with iran is conceding even

mr. royce: mr. speaker, i appreciate leader mccarthy working with myself, working with ranking member elliott engel of new york to schedule this legislation before consideration. last week, north korea conducted its fourth-known nuclear test. the kim regime has developed increasingly destructive weapons. and what we are concerned about here is nuclear warheads that fit on to its most reliable missiles. we are also concerned about the submarine tests for firing from a sub. these missiles that would be capable of launching those devices and we're concerned about the ongoing efforts to make certain that they've got the range now to on a free-stage rocket, icbm, to hit the united states. this threat is unacceptable. and it has to be aggressively challenged. the legislation that we're considering here is the most comprehensive north korea sanctions legislation to come before this body. importantly, what this bill does is use targeted financial and economic pressure to isolate kim jung un and his top offi

mr. royce: i yield two minutes to mr. roskham. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. roskam: i'm rising in support of mr. russell's initiative. last night, there was a mr. murphy: throughout the room here when the president was giving a state of the union message but when he made the message that the united states is perceived well around the well, there was an audible sense of outcry and people were concerned and the president went on to make his point. ishon think it is an addmon to recognize there is a wobblyness. ow many provocations are the iranians to move forward. how many provocations can the they push. i tell you something, this is just off the news. righters is reportings that the major general, the head of the iranian armed forces that the should be a lesson to whom. to trouble makers in congress. trouble makers in congress who oppose a great iranian acombregs. it is common sense. those who have been complicit ought not bgetting the benefits of the sanctions regime being raised. this

mr. royce: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. lance, who is a co-sponsor of this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for two minutes. mr. lance: thank you, mr. speaker. my thanks to chairman royce and mr. russell for their tremendous leadership on this issue. i rise today in strong support terror the hands of the h.r. n finance transparency act. the detention and interrogation of 10 american sailors near the straight of who are muzz is the latest in a significant list of iranian acts of aggression against american interests since president obama signed the iran nuclear agreement in october. thank god our sailors have been released. they never should have been detained. in recent weeks we have witnessed two reported long-range ballistic missile launches. a revelation by iran of a new underground missile depot, and firing of rockets near u.s. navy ships in the straight of hormuz. the tehran government continues to hold american hostages. these provocations and lack of response from the

mr. royce: i yield three minutes to the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. russell, author of this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized for three minutes. mr. russell: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, mr. chairman, for your leadership on this bill. there's been a lot of accusations about what is in this bill and the content. but the fact of the matter is what is being quoted is simply not in the bill. . it said it would deprive the authority of the president to make decisions. that's not the case. the president may lift, spelled out, if he meets the certain certification criteria. what's that criteria? that they are no longer conducting activity and they have justification for that relief. where this language never at any time is being quoted, mr. speaker, by my esteemed and caring colleagues on this issue, i know how they feel about this issue personally, and i commend them for it, because we're on common ground here, but they are quoting something that is simply not in the bill, when they say never at any time,

mr. royce: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 757. that's the north korea sanctions enforcement act of 2015, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 757, a bill to improve the enforcement of sanctions against the government of north korea, and or other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. royce, and the gentleman from new york, mr. engel, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. royce: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous materials on this resolution. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. royce: thank you. i also ask unanimous consent to place into the record exchanges of letters between myself and the chairman of the other four committees of referral. the speaker pro tempore: wi

mr. royce: i yield five minutes to the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. russell, the author of this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. russell: thank you, mr. chairman. 19 august 2015, and i quote, the president of the united states, i made sure that the united states reserved its right to maintain and enforce existing sanctions and deploy new sanctions to address those continuing concerns. which we fully intend to do when circumstances warrant. i'm confident that in the days it is imperative that we take steps to deal with iran's destabilizing activities for support of terrorism. involves continued enforcement of international and united states law, including sanctions related to iran's nonnuclear activities. we will maintain, and i'm quoting the president, powerful sanctions targeting iran's support for groups such as hezbollah, its destabilizing role in yemen, backing of the asat regime. -- assad program, and rights at home, end quote. this is

mr. royce: state of the union is coming up here. the seventh state of the union and we have had seven years now f policies that focused on the befriending our enemies and distancing ourselves from our allies, ignoring our allies and the consequences of that, i would just give one example. if we think back to 2005, there was a historic opportunity in iran to are are are are have ar chance at reaching out to the people of that country who had gone to the streets after a stolen election and many of you remember the early broadcasting you saw, that young woman on the street who was shot by the authorities. and the con see consequences of a society, 2/3 of the people wanted a western style democracy and just had been robbed of an election. and we had the president make his strategic calculus not to do the reagan thing. not to reach out in support of the people. but instead to decide that the engagement would be a long-term engagement with the eye tolla. otollah and we saw a situation was made to emb

so, i'm not going to take another second, but i would like to welcome mrs. royce, because i'm delighted to have her here. over to you. >> thank you, the state of the union is coming up here, the seventh state of the union. and we've had seven years now of policies that have frankly been focused on befriending our enemies and distancing ourselves from our allies, ignoring our allies. and the consequences of -- there was an historic opportunity in iran to have a -- a chance at reaching out to the people of that country who had gone to the streets after a stolen election, and many of you remember the early broadcasting, you see the young woman on the street that was shot by the authorities. and the consequences of a society which according to gallup polling, had been robbed of an election, and the president made a decision to decide that the engagement would be a long term engagement with the ayatollah, and subsequently, the decision was made to embrace the muslim brotherhood, that had been funded partially by iran, but distance us from the people of egypt. and the c

the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from california, mr. royce, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 757 as amended, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 757, a bill to improve the enforcement of sanctions against the government of north korea and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 418, the nays are two. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.

i would like to welcome mrs. royce. i'm delighted to have her here. [applause] >> thank you. you are right. the state of being is coming up. the seven state of the union and we've had seven years now of policies that frankly focused on befriending our enemies and distancing ourselves from our allies, ignoring our allies. and the consequences of that i would just give one example, if we think back to 2005 that was a historic opportunity in iran to have a chance at reaching out to the people of that country who had gone to the streets after a stolen election, and many of you remember the early broadcasting. you saw that young woman on the street who was shot by the authorities. and the consequences of a society in which according to the gallup poll, two-thirds of the people wanted a western-style democracy without a theocracy. and just have been robbed of an election. and we have the president make his strategic calculus in fact, not to do the reaganesque type thing, not to reach out in support of the people, but instead to decide that the engagement would be a long-term engage

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royce, the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee. a very, very touchy, sensitive time and it's boiling over and happening as we speak. i want to get your take, as we look overseas, mroverseas. what does this mean for the united states? does this means specially for the united states, the war against isis, specifically in syria? >> could you imagine the amount of slaughter that would occur for is the now the government in iran has tried to over throw the government in yemen, saudi arabia. if this erupts into a larger war, think of the slaughter, humanitarian crisis, imagine how you can magnify that tenfold should this lead to more confrontation. it's also going to make it much harder in terms of any negotiation over syria when you have iran on one side and saudi arabia supporting the faction against assad. >> it's crunch time in trying to reach a peaceful solution in syria. there is supposed to be a meeting of the minds at the end of the this month. what are the chances that meeting will even go off? >> this is the other problem because now with the governments beginning lineup and shiite government on one side and sunny on the other, we lost our credibility. there

mr. royce: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. lance, who is a co-sponsor of this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for two minutes. mr. lance: thank you, mr. speaker. my thanks to chairman royce and mr. russell for their tremendous leadership on this issue. i rise today in strong support terror the hands of the h.r. n finance transparency act. the detention and interrogation of 10 american sailors near the straight of a