Chairman Royce’s Legislation to Combat Wildlife Poaching & Trafficking Advances in U.S. Senate

Press Release 04.28.16

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) today issued the following statement commending Senate Foreign Relations Committee approval of H.R. 2494: “I’m glad my bipartisan bill to combat wildlife trafficking is one step closer to Senate passage. Today, the world’s most majestic animals are being rampantly poached to make terror and […]

Chairman Royce Welcomes Modi Address to Congress

Press Release 04.28.16

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the below statement after Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) announced that Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, will address a Joint Meeting of Congress: “I applaud Speaker Ryan for inviting Prime Minister Modi to address a Joint Meeting of Congress, and […]

Chairman Royce to Convene Hearing on Asia – Today at 10 a.m.

Press Release 04.28.16

Chairman Royce Opening Statement Washington, D.C. – Today 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.” Live webcast and witness testimony will be available HERE. Below is Chairman Royce’s opening statement (as prepared for delivery) at the […]

Chairman Royce Commemorates Armenian Genocide on Capitol Hill

Press Release 04.27.16

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 […]

Chairman Royce to Convene Hearing on Asia – 4/27 at 10 a.m.

Press Release 04.27.16

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 […]

House Combats ISIS’s Trafficking of Antiquities

Press Release 04.26.16

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 […]

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 […]