A Look Ahead—April 25-29

Press Release 04.24.16

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming Committee events: Wednesday, April 27 Joint Subcommittee Hearing: Advancing U.S. Interests: Examining the President’s FY 2017 Budget Proposal for Afghanistan and Pakistan 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 27 in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building Subcommittee on the Middle East and […]

STOP Organ Trafficking

Blog 04.23.16

ISIS’s barbarity—including genocide, rape, slavery, beheadings, and torture—is well known. It uses these acts to recruit more fighters to its perverted ideology by publicizing them online. But the terrorist group doesn’t use violence and destruction just to spread its radical ideology – it’s also a source of revenue. From drug smuggling and extortion to ransoms […]

Chairman Royce Announces Hearing on Asia

Press Release 04.22.16

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced today that the Committee will convene a hearing entitled “America as a Pacific Power: Challenges and Opportunities in Asia.” The hearing will begin at 10 a.m. ET on Thursday, April 28. Chairman Royce on the Hearing: “At a time when North Korea is […]

Chairman Royce Statement on U.S. Purchase of Iranian Heavy Water

Press Release 04.22.16

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement in response to U.S. plans to purchase heavy water produced from Iran’s nuclear program: “Once again, the Obama administration is handing Iran’s radical regime more cash. U.S. purchase of this sensitive material goes well beyond what is required by the […]

Rep. Trott’s STOP Organ Trafficking Act Passes House Foreign Affairs Committee

Press Release 04.20.16

Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously passed H.R. 3694, Strategy to Oppose Predatory Organ Trafficking Act, which was introduced by Rep. Dave Trott (R-MI) to combat ISIS trafficking in human organs. Below are the video and key excerpts from Rep. Trott’s remarks prior to the committee vote. “The illegal trafficking of […]

House Foreign Affairs Committee Reaffirms Taiwan Relations Act

Press Release 04.20.16

Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed five bipartisan measures, including H. Con. Res. 88. The legislation, introduced by Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH), reaffirms the Taiwan Relations Act and the Six Assurances as the cornerstone of United States-Taiwan relations. Upon passage of H. Con. Res. 88, […]

House Foreign Affairs Committee Combats Organ Trafficking

Press Release 04.20.16

Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed five bipartisan measures, including H.R. 3694, Strategy to Oppose Predatory Organ Trafficking Act. The legislation, introduced by Rep. Dave Trott (R-MI), combats trafficking in human organs. Upon passage of H.R. 3694, as amended, Chairman Royce said: “Organ trafficking has […]

Chairman Royce Introduces Bill to Deny Iran Access to U.S. Dollar

Press Release 04.19.16

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) today introduced legislation to prevent the Obama administration from allowing Iran access to transactions involving the U.S. dollar as long as the Iranian regime continues to engage in illicit activities, including the development of ballistic missiles and terrorism. The bill, The U.S. Financial System […]

Royce, Engel, Holding, Bera Request Joint Meeting of Congress with India’s Prime Minister

Press Release 04.19.16

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA), Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY), and Reps. George Holding (R-NC) and Ami Bera (D-CA), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, sent a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan today requesting that Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, be granted the […]

Foreign Affairs Committee Markup – Tomorrow 10 a.m.

Press Release 04.19.16

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the Committee will meet TOMORROW, Wednesday, April 20 at 10 a.m. to consider: H.R. 1150, Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act of 2015, (Mr. Smith) To amend the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to improve the ability of the United States […]