{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.donnelly.senate.gov/newsroom/press/donnelly-statement-on-administration-imposing-additional-sanctions-against-north-korea-", "Donnelly Statement on Administration Imposing Additional Sanctions Against North Korea", "2017-11-21", "2017", "2017-11", "Democrat", "House", "IN", "Joe Donnelly", "D000607", "www.donnelly.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Donnelly Statement on Administration Imposing Additional Sanctions Against North Korea \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tSenator has called for more action to counter North Korea and his provision requiring a North Korean strategy from White House expected to become law soon\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTuesday, November 21, 2017\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tIndianapolis, Ind. \u2013 Today U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced additional sanctions against North Korea and its backers. The U.S. Department of Treasury said it sanctioned 13 entities, 20 shipping companies and vessels, and one individual in an effort to maximize economic pressure and level sanctions against those enabling the North Korean regime\u2019s funding of its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.\r\nDonnelly said, \u201cI have long called for stronger action to counter North Korea\u2019s growing nuclear arsenal, including additional sanctions. Those enabling North Korea\u2019s dangerous regime must be held accountable. I welcome today\u2019s announcement, and I hope the Senate will act soon to pass bipartisan legislation I helped craft that would further increase sanctions on North Korea and its backers.\u201d\r\nYesterday, Donnelly applauded President Trump\u2019s announcement that he intends to re-designate North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism.\r\nThrough the Senate Armed Services and Banking Committees, Donnelly has worked effectively on efforts to counter North Korea. His provision to require a comprehensive strategy from the Administration and the Department of Defense to confront the threat posed by North Korea passed as part of the national defense bill and is expected to be signed into law soon. Donnelly\u2019s measure requires the President to bring to Congress, within 90 days of enactment, a North Korean strategy. Earlier this month, the Banking Committee unanimously supported the Banking Restrictions Involving North Korea (BRINK) Act, which included a Donnelly amendment that would help ensure the Department of Treasury has the tools and resources it needs to effectively enforce US sanctions globally. The BRINK Act will now advance for consideration by the full Senate.\r\nDonnelly has called for increased sanctions to counter North Korea\u2019s weapons program and crack down on those enabling the rogue regime. As Ranking Member of the Banking Committee\u2019s National Security and International Trade and Finance Subcommittee, Donnelly co-led a hearing with Subcommittee Chairman Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) to assess U.S. and international sanctions against North Korea and China in relation to North Korea\u2019s nuclear missile program, and to push the Administration on its options to expand sanctions.\u00a0And,\u00a0Donnelly and Sasse continued their calls for increased sanctions\u00a0on both North Korea and China, designed to crack down on North Korea\u2019s weapons program. Following the Administration\u2019s latest sanctions imposed against North Korea in September, Donnelly welcomed the additional action, which was in line with the Senator\u2019s push.\r\nEarlier this year,\u00a0Donnelly helped shape increased sanctions on North Korea, Russia, and Iran, which the Senate passed and\u00a0President Trump signed into law.\r\n\u00a0\r\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.donnelly.senate.gov/newsroom/press/donnelly-statement-on-administration-imposing-additional-sanctions-against-north-korea-"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7870069239288568, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}