Chairman Royce Statement on $1.7 Billion Cash Payment to Iran

Press Release 09.07.16

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement regarding the administration’s decision to pay all of a $1.7 billion settlement with Iran in cash

Chairman Royce Introduces Bill to Block Ransoms to Iran

Press Release 09.06.16

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) today introduced the Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran Act (H.R. 5931), to ensure there are no future cash payouts to Iran – the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism.

A Look Ahead—September 6-9

Press Release 09.02.16

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming Committee events: Wednesday, September 7 Subcommittee Hearing: The Growing Crisis in South Sudan 2 p.m. on Wednesday, September 7 in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations Rep. Christopher H. Smith […]

Chairman Royce Announces NSC Hearing

Press Release 09.02.16

Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the Committee will convene a hearing on Thursday, September 8 to examine the National Security Council’s increasing role in foreign policy and its lack of oversight.

Chairman Royce on Latest Gitmo Releases

Press Release 08.15.16

"I fear we will be dealing with the consequences of this recklessness for years to come.”

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Joins Chairman Royce in Southern California

Press Release 08.11.16

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon joined House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) for a discussion on international issues at California State University, Fullerton.

Chairman Royce Applauds Court Ruling on Comfort Women Memorial

Press Release 08.05.16

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement in support of the California appellate court ruling, which dismissed a lawsuit demanding the removal of a memorial dedicated to Comfort Women...

Chairman Royce on FOX Discusses Admin’s Plane Full of Cash to Iran

Press Release 08.04.16

This morning on Fox News Channel’s “American’s Newsroom," House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) discussed the Obama administration’s $400 million cash payment airlifted to Iran the same day Iran released American prisoners. Video and key excerpts below.

Chairman Royce on Obama Admin Sending Plane Full of Cash to Iran

Press Release 08.02.16

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued this statement in response to the Wall Street Journal’s report on the Obama administration’s $400 million cash payment airlifted to Iran the same day Iran released American prisoners:

Chairman Royce Urges Emergency U.N. Security Council Meeting for Burma’s Rohingya Muslims

Press Release 07.27.16

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) today sent a letter to Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S Permanent Representative to the United Nations, urging her to request an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to address the dire humanitarian and human rights situation facing Burma’s Rohingya, who continue to be among the world’s most persecuted people.