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.

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Press Release 07.19.16

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.

Chairman Royce: Secret Document Confirms Deal Leaves Iran Just a Short Step From Nuclear Bomb

Press Release 07.18.16

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

Joint Statement by Congressional Leaders on Violence in South Sudan

Press Release 07.18.16

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:

Chairman Royce Statement on Unrest in Turkey

Press Release 07.16.16

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 […]

Chairman Royce Applauds CA Board of Education Decision to Teach Comfort Women’s History

Press Release 07.15.16

“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."

On Iran Deal Anniversary, Chairman Royce Applauds Passage of Measures to Hold Regime Accountable

Press Release 07.14.16

“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.”