from the administration's point man on north korea and my friend and constituent, ambassador steven bosworth, the dean of the fletcher school of law and diplomacy at tufts university. we'll also hear an expert panel of witnesses who together have more than 100 years of experience dealing with the challenges that we face in north korea. north korea's test of the long-range ballistic missile last april followed by its second nuclear test last month refuse, frankly, reckless and irresponsible acts that do nothing to advance north korea's security. i was pleased to see that last night in new york, the permanent five members of the u.n. security council agreed to speak with one voice and tell north korea that its conduct is unacceptable. the draft security council resolution which we expect to be voted on soon imposes a sweeping arms embargo on north korea and financial transactions linked to north korea's nuclear program and ballistic missiles. it calls member states to inspect all cargo to and from north korea on the high seas at seaports and at airports. if countries have reason to believe the

the witnesses include steven bosworth, a special representative to north korea for the state department and john kerry of massachusetts for the foreign relations committee. this portion of the hear something 90 minutes. foreign relations committee,. [inaudible conversations] >> the hearing will come to order. we are here today to discuss recent troubling developments in the korean peninsula and the road ahead in dealing with the democratic people's republic of korea. we're going to hear first from the administration point man on north korea and my friend and constituent ambassador stephen bosworth, the dean of the fletcher school of law and diplomacy at tufts university. but also. expert panel of witnesses who together have more than 100 years of experience in dealing with a challenge to that we face in north korea. north korea's test of the long-range ballistic missile last april followed by its second nuclear test last month are frankly reckless and irresponsible acts that do nothing to enhance north korea's security. i was pleased to see that last night in new york the permanent five

now is the time for the consequences which are current north korean special enjoy, steven bosworth, promised after the april 5 missile launch. last week secretary clinton raised the relisting of north korea as a state sponsor of terrorism as one possible consequence. but a few days later the house rules committee refused to allow consideration of an amendment to the foreign relations authorization act offered by my good friend and ranking member, representative ros-lehtinen, which would have done just that. it is unfortunate that secretary clinton would consider this but not the house leadership. the time for hesitancy is over, mr. speaker. america needs to respond to north korea. and i reserve the balance of my time. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from american samoa. mr. faleomavaega: i also would like to reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from florida. mr. bilirakis: mr. speaker, i yield to the ranking member, mr. king from new