Chairman Royce’s Bill to Block Ransoms to Iran Passes House

Press Release 09.22.16

Tonight the House of Representatives passed Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce’s (R-CA) Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran Act (H.R. 5931). The legislation prohibits future cash payments to Iran – period.

House Condemns Iran for Persecution of Baha’i, Other Human Rights Abuses

Press Release 09.21.16

The House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution, introduced by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), condemning the Iranian regime’s persecution of its Baha’i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.

Foreign Affairs Committee Passes Bill to Block Ransoms to Iran

Press Release 09.14.16

Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed the Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran Act (H.R. 5931), as amended. The legislation, authored by Chairman Royce, prohibits future cash payments to Iran – the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism – for any reason.

Royce, Engel Statement on Completion of Camp Liberty Resettlement

Press Release 09.09.16

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY) today issued the following statement on completion of the resettlement of Iranian dissidents previously living at Camp Liberty in Iraq

Foreign Affairs Committee to Markup Bill to Block Ransoms to Iran

Press Release 09.08.16

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the Committee will meet Wednesday, September 14 at 10 a.m. to consider the Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran Act (H.R. 5931). The legislation, authored by Chairman Royce, ensures there are no future cash payouts to Iran – the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism.

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.

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:

House Votes to Block Admin’s Purchase of Iran’s Heavy Water

Press Release 07.13.16

Today, the House of Representatives passed legislation prohibiting the Obama administration from purchasing heavy water from Iran. In April, the administration agreed to pay $8.6 million for 32 metric tons of heavy water. Passing today’s legislation, No 2H2O from Iran Act (H.R. 5119), will ensure U.S. taxpayers aren’t subsidizing Iran’s production of this sensitive material.