WASHINGTON, DC – (WHTC) – St. Joseph Congressman Fred Upton joined colleagues Monday evening in the U.S. House of Representatives in advancing two pieces of bipartisan legislation to address urgent threats posed by North Korea’s Kim Jong Un regime.
Today, April 4, on NBC News, a North Korean defector warned the U.S. and allies that the “world should be ready” to deal with Kim Jong Un.
The West Michigan Rebublican Upton met with troops last year and in previous years in South Korea and says the changes to the two countries is quite amazing.
“Changes in economics and repression in terms of what’s going on. I thought last night’s actions by the House and tightening up sanctions condemning North Koreat now sets the stage for the meeting the President is having this week with China’s President to participate with us in tightening the economic levers on North Korea.”
H.R. 479, the North Korea State Sponsor of Terrorism Designation Act of 2017, would urge the State Department to designate North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism. Consequences of a state sponsors of terrorism designation include a ban on arms-related exports and sales: restrictions on exports of dual-use items; restrictions on foreign assistance; financial sanctions against transactions with the designated government; imposition of miscellaneous trade and other restrictions; and potential liability in United States courts for acts that fall within the terrorism exception of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. H.R. 479 was advanced by a bipartisan 394 to 1 vote.
H.Res. 92 – Condemning North Korea’s development of multiple intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICMBs), and for other purposes, would condemn these developments and also urge the United States to apply all available economic sanctions on North Korea. H.Res. 92 was advanced by a bipartisan 398 to 3 vote.
President Trump will be meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida this week and is expected to bring up North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.
