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13-HRes65 on Feb 13, 2013

• WHEREAS, on Feb.12, 2013, North Korea exploded a nuclear device;
• WHEREAS North Korea's nuclear test, and its recent ballistic missile test, are violations of UN Security Council Resolutions 1695 (2006), 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), and 2087 (2013);
• WHEREAS North Korea's ballistic missile program poses a threat to US allies and interests in the Asia Pacific region;
• WHEREAS North Korea has been implicated repeatedly in the illicit laundering of monetary instruments, in international narcotics trafficking, and in the counterfeiting;
• WHEREAS North Korea has demonstrated a willingness and ability to proliferate its ballistic and nuclear technology to designated state sponsors of terrorism;
• WHEREAS North Korea commits gross human rights violations against the North Korean people; and
• WHEREAS North Korea has repeatedly violated its commitments to the complete, verifiable, and irreversible dismantlement of its nuclear weapons program

Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
1. condemns the Government of North Korea for its flagrant and repeated violations of multiple UN Security Council resolutions, and for its Feb. 2013 test of a nuclear device;
2. expresses solidarity with the

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   Participating counts on VoteMatch question 17. Question 17: Avoid foreign entanglements Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
   • Topic: War & Peace
   • Headline: Sponsored condemning North Korea for testing nuclear device (Score: -1)
   • Headline 2: Condemn North Korea for testing nuclear device (Score: -1)
     
     
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   Democrats participating in 13-HRes65
   Eliot Engel	s1o	New York Democrat/Liberal	Feb 13, 2013
   Steve Israel	s1o	New York Democrat	Feb 14, 2013
   Bill Pascrell	s1o	New Jersey Democrat	Feb 14, 2013
   Brad Sherman	s1o	California Democrat	Feb 14, 2013

   
   
   

   Republicans participating in 13-HRes65
   Steve Chabot	s1o	Ohio Republican	Feb 14, 2013
   Doug Collins	s1o	Georgia Republican	Feb 14, 2013
   Paul Cook	s1o	California Republican	Feb 14, 2013
   Jeff Duncan	s1o	South Carolina Republican	Feb 14, 2013
   Trent Franks	s1o	Arizona Republican	Feb 14, 2013
   George Holding	s1o	North Carolina Republican	Feb 14, 2013
   Mike Kelly	s1o	Pennsylvania Republican	Feb 14, 2013
   Adam Kinzinger	s1o	Illinois Republican	Feb 14, 2013
   Luke Messer	s1o	Indiana Republican	Feb 14, 2013
   Scott Perry	s1o	Pennsylvania Republican	Feb 14, 2013
   Ted Poe	s1o	Texas Republican	Feb 14, 2013
   Trey Radel	s1o	Florida Republican (resigned 2014)	Feb 14, 2013
   Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	s1o	Florida Republican	Feb 14, 2013
   Ed Royce	s2p	California Republican	Feb 13, 2013
   Christopher Smith	s1o	New Jersey Republican	Feb 14, 2013
   Mike Turner	s1o	Ohio Republican	Feb 14, 2013
   Ted Yoho	s1o	Florida Republican	Feb 14, 2013

   
   
   

   Independents participating in 13-HRes65

   
   
   

   Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

   Democrats: 4 Republicans: 17 Independents: 0