Bill to Toughen North Korea Sanctions & Policy Introduced in the House

Source: Mike Gallagher (R-WI, 8th)

Washington, D.C. - October 16, 2017 - (The Ponder News) -- Congressman Mike Gallagher, along with Representatives Ann Wagner (R-MO) and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) introduced the bipartisan Leverage to Enhance Effective Diplomacy Act of 2017.  This bipartisan bill would impose tougher sanctions and policies on North Korea as the U.S. continues working on a diplomatic solution to the threat of North Korea’s developing nuclear capabilities. The bill authorizes efforts to combat Pyongyang’s widespread human rights and labor trafficking abuses, and applies economic and diplomatic pressure to North Korea and those who enable it.

After the bill was introduced, Rep. Gallagher released the following quote:

“For more than twenty years, American foreign policy has failed to fundamentally change North Korean behavior. It is time that the United States change its approach to impose significant costs on actors that support and enable the Kim regime’s reckless aggression. The LEED Act takes an important step by making crystal clear that those who do business with Pyongyang will not be welcome to do business with America.”