Chairman Royce Commemorates Armenian Genocide on Capitol Hill

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Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) joined Armenian Americans and members of Congress to commemorate the Armenian Genocide, during which 1.5 million innocent lives were taken. Below are Chairman Royce’s remarks (as prepared for delivery):  It is with great sorrow that we gather to remember the 1.5 million innocent […]
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Chairman Royce to Convene Hearing on Asia – 4/27 at 10 a.m.

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Washington, D.C. – Tomorrow at 10 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing entitled “America as a Pacific Power: Challenges and Opportunities in Asia.” Chairman Royce on the Hearing: “At a time when North Korea is expanding its nuclear arsenal and China is aggressively pressing territorial claims, it is […]
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House Combats ISIS’s Trafficking of Antiquities

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Bill now heads to President’s desk Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) applauded House passage of legislation to combat ISIS’s trafficking of both Iraqi and Syrian cultural property, an operation that earns ISIS tens of millions annually.  The legislation, Protect and Preserve International Cultural Property Act (H.R. 1493), now […]
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A Look Ahead—April 25-29

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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 […]
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STOP Organ Trafficking

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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 […]
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Chairman Royce Announces Hearing on Asia

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

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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 […]
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House Foreign Affairs Committee Reaffirms Taiwan Relations Act

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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, […]
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House Foreign Affairs Committee Combats Organ Trafficking

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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 […]
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