The House Foreign Affairs Committee continues to get things done to help keep our country safe, advance free enterprise and human rights, and restore American influence abroad.

“As many warned, and this document highlights, this fatally-flawed deal gives Iran permanent sanctions relief and the right to industrial nuclear capabilities."

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R-TN), Ranking Member Ben Cardin (D-MD), and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY) released the following statement Monday regarding the escalating violence in South Sudan that has put the peace agreement at grave risk:

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement regarding the situation in Turkey: “Turkish security forces and citizens in the street have kept the democratically elected government in power. Now, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan must do his part and turn away from his creeping authoritarianism. “The Erdogan government’s […]

“I am pleased that California will now teach our students about these women’s tragic history. I hope doing so will help ensure such atrocities are never committed again."

“These two bills are about holding Iran accountable. The regime has no business gaining access to the U.S. dollar. It cannot get a free pass to continue slaughtering innocent people, and grow its stockpile of illegal missiles.”

Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), the Committee’s Chairman, today announced that they introduced legislation that would impose new sanctions on supporters of Syria’s Assad Regime, encourage negotiations to end the crisis, and kick off investigations into the eventual prosecution of war criminals. The Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act (HR 5732), named for the former Syrian military photographer who defected to the opposition after documenting Assad’s torture of the Syrian people, would also require reports on human-rights violators in Syria, abuse of cross-border assistance, and the feasibility of a no-fly zone or safe zone over Syria.

Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed 13 bipartisan measures, including new sanctions on Syria’s Assad regime and a resolution supporting a robust military assistance package for Israel. A summary of the committee action, including adopted amendments, will be available HERE.

Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed H. Res. 728, bipartisan legislation supporting human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Cambodia. Under Hun Sen’s leadership human rights in Cambodia have deteriorated dramatically.

“It’s time for the president to halt all releases, and fundamentally reassess his plan to close the terrorist prison at Guantanamo Bay. Dangerous jihadists are being released to countries with little intention of controlling them. And once again, it appears the results have been disastrous."