Foreign Affairs Committee Convenes Field Hearing Today on Property Rights in Southeast Asia

Press Release 08.21.15

Chairman Royce Opening Statement Today at 10 a.m. PT in Southern California, the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific will convene a field hearing to examine the impact of land grabbing in Southeast Asia. The hearing, entitled “Property Rights and Development in Southeast Asia,” will be held in the Bronco Student Center on the campus […]

Chairman Royce Reacts to Associated Press release of Iran/IAEA Secret Side Agreement

Press Release 08.20.15

U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after the Associated Press released text of a draft agreement between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) covering inspections at the Parchin military site, long suspected of being involved in Iran’s past bomb work. For weeks, Congress […]

Chairman Royce, Subcommittee Chairman Salmon to Convene Southern California Field Hearing on Property Rights in Southeast Asia — Tomorrow

Press Release 08.20.15

Tomorrow in Southern California, the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific will convene a field hearing to examine the impact of land grabbing in Southeast Asia. The hearing, entitled “Property Rights and Development in Southeast Asia,” will begin at 10 a.m. PT in the Bronco Student Center on the campus of California State Polytechnic University, […]

Chairman Royce Statement on Associated Press report that Iran will be Allowed to Inspect Itself

Press Release 08.19.15

Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on news that an Iran nuclear agreement side deal between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) would allow Iran, instead of international inspectors, to police its own nuclear arms development sites: “International inspections should be done […]

A Look Ahead—Week of August 17- 21

Press Release 08.14.15

Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events: Friday, August 21 Subcommittee Field Hearing: Property Rights and Development in Southeast Asia 10 a.m. PT on Friday, August 21 at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona’s Bronco Student Center in Pomona, California Subcommittee on Asia and […]

Chairman Royce Comments as Cuban Civil Society Shut Out of U.S. Embassy Ceremony

Press Release 08.14.15

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued this statement following the ceremonial opening of the U.S. Embassy in Havana. Cuban dissidents were not invited by the U.S. State Department to the event, attended by Secretary of State John Kerry. “The flag raised over the US […]

Chairman Royce, Ranking Member Engel Urge Treasury Department to Address Escalating Human Rights Abuses in Burma

Press Release 08.12.15

“Burmese government’s horrific treatment of the Rohingya Muslim minority, in particular, demands a strong U.S. response” U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member, sent a letter to the Secretary of the Treasury Jacob Lew urging the Obama Administration to impose […]

Chairman Royce, Subcommittee Chairman Salmon Announce Southern California Field Hearing on Property Rights in Southeast Asia

Press Release 08.12.15

Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ), Chairman of the Asia and the Pacific Subcommittee, announced that on Friday, August 21 the Subcommittee will convene a field hearing to examine the impact of land grabbing in Southeast Asia. The hearing, entitled “Property Rights […]

Chairman Royce Calls for Swift Action in Response to Free Travel of Top Iranian Terrorist

Press Release 08.12.15

Travel of Qasem Soleimani and arming of Iranian proxies throughout the Middle East a direct challenge to Obama Administration promises, says Foreign Affairs Chairman U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today made public a letter to President Obama expressing his deep concern with recent reports that the head of […]

Chairman Royce Reacts to UN Resolution on Chlorine Use Against Syrian Civilians

Press Release 08.06.15

Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement in reaction to the announcement that the U.S. and Russia have reached an agreement to support a UN Security Council Resolution that would establish a panel to investigate the use of chlorine against civilians in Syria: “After months […]