Im pleased that were taking up H.R. 5834. the North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act that I introduced last month with my dear friend and partner. Congressman BERMAN of California. Informed by the experience of the past 4 years. this bill reauthorizes and makes minor revisions to the North Korea Human Rights Act of 2004. That law captured the strong. bipartisan consensus in favor of promoting human rights. transparent humanitarian assistance. and refugee protections for the people of North Korea. The people of North Korea continue to suffer some of the worst conditions imaginable. The totalitarian regime does not permit meaningful political freedom. nor religious liberty. and requires cultlike devotion to the Kim dynasty.