Here’s how we start to build an efficient, accountable & modern State Department

Blog 12.05.16

For eight years now, the Obama White House has consolidated power on foreign policy, at the State Department’s expense. It’s micromanaged. It’s “frozen out” the Secretary of State and other key players on big decisions.

House to Vote to Extend Iran Sanctions Act

Blog 11.15.16

The Iran Sanctions Act is central to protecting America from Iran’s threatening behavior. For more than 20 years, the Iran Sanctions Act has supported a framework of sanctions aimed at Iran’s illicit weapons programs and ballistic missiles development.

Saving the World’s Most Iconic Wildlife

Blog 09.23.16

This week, the House of Representatives passed Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce’s (R-CA) END Wildlife Trafficking Act (H.R. 2494). Since the Senate passed the bill last week, it now heads to President Obama’s desk to be signed into law.

“Stunning,” “Frightening”: Iran Has More Americans & Wants More Money

Blog 09.22.16

Iran is engaged in active “conversations and various dialogues” with the Obama administration to get “considerable sums of money,” President Hassan Rouhani told Chuck Todd in an interview that aired yesterday.

Rep. Trott: An emboldened Iran puts the entire world at risk

Blog 09.21.16

Today at a House Republican press briefing, committee member Rep. Dave Trott (R-MI) spoke about Iran’s illicit behavior and voiced his support for Chairman Ed Royce’s bill (H.R. 5931) to end cash payments to Iran. Video and a few key excerpts are below.

Chairman Royce: No More Cash Payments to Iran

Blog 09.21.16

Today at the weekly Republican leadership press briefing, Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) spoke to his bill, H.R. 5931, which the House will vote on this week.

Royce on Morning Joe: U.S. Must Crack Down on Assad’s War Machine

Blog 09.20.16

Today on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) talked about the crisis in Syria.

5 Times the Obama Admin Insisted Cash Was the Only Way to Pay Iran

Blog 09.19.16

As details of the administration’s $1.7 billion cash payment to Iran began to leak last month, the administration argued – from President Obama on down – that there was simply no other way to pay Iran. “We couldn't send them a check and we could not wire the money,” the president said on August 4.

McMorris Rodgers and Royce Op-Ed: A ‘build-once’ policy for the developing world

Blog 09.13.16

By promoting access to the internet around the world and modernizing our approach to humanitarian and international development programs, the Digital GAP Act has the potential for a long-lasting impact by narrowing the digital divide that holds so many people back.

On CNN, Royce Calls for Aggressive Enforcement of North Korea Sanctions

Blog 09.09.16

Today on CNN, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) talked with Wolf Blitzer about the need to respond swiftly to North Korea’s latest nuclear test, reportedly its most powerful yet at a force equivalent to 10 kilotons of TNT.