Chairman Royce Announces Hearing to Examine U.S. Foreign Assistance

Press Release 03.11.16

Washington, D.C. –House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing Tuesday to review the President’s budget request for foreign assistance. The hearing, entitled “Review of the FY 2017 Foreign Assistance Budget: Aligning Interests, Ensuring Effectiveness and Transparency” will take place on Tuesday, March 15 at 10 a.m. in 2172 Rayburn House […]

Chairman Royce Writes President Obama Ahead of Upcoming Trip to Cuba

Press Release 03.11.16

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) sent a letter to President Obama today urging him to engage meaningfully with internationally recognized human rights activists – including U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet, journalist Guillermo Farinas, activist Rosa Maria Payá, and the current leadership and members of […]

Chairman Royce Statement on Peru’s Election

Press Release 03.09.16

Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement after Peru’s Electoral Court excluded leading presidential candidate Julio Guzman from taking part in April’s presidential election: “I am concerned the Peruvian Electoral Court has barred Julio Guzman from next month’s elections over an alleged procedural error in his party’s […]

Chairman Royce Statement on Iran’s Latest Ballistic Missile Launch

Press Release 03.09.16

Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement after Iran’s launch of two more ballistic missiles today: “Iran is making a mockery of President Obama’s vow to confront Iran’s dangerous and illicit acts. For a second day in a row, the Iranian regime has launched ballistic missiles in […]

Chairman Royce Introduces U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Preservation Act

Press Release 03.03.16

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) today released the following statement after introducing legislation, H.R. 4678, to prohibit the president from giving U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to Cuba without congressional approval: “The U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay is a critical national security and foreign policy asset for the […]

Chairman Royce Welcomes GCC Action Against Hezbollah

Press Release 03.03.16

Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement on the Gulf Cooperation Council’s move to designate Hezbollah a terrorist organization earlier today: “I am glad GCC nations are stepping up efforts to combat Hezbollah. We cannot allow these terrorists, flush with cash from an emboldened Iran, to increase […]

Legislation Addressing War Crimes, Genocide in the Middle East Passes Foreign Affairs Committee

Press Release 03.02.16

Committee declares “genocide” committed against Christians, Yezidis Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), unanimously passed two bipartisan measures to address war crimes and genocide in the Middle East. Specifically, the measures condemn ISIS’s genocide against Christians, Yezidis and other ethnic and religious minorities, and call for an […]

Chairman Royce Applauds U.N. Security Council Vote to Impose New Sanctions on North Korea

Press Release 03.02.16

Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement after the U.N. Security Council voted to impose new sanctions against North Korea’s Kim regime following its recent rocket launch and nuclear test: “Kim Jong Un’s reckless and dangerous acts threaten the security of the U.S. and the entire Pacific […]

Chairman Royce, Ranking Member Engel Urge President Obama to Meet with Terrorism Victims in Argentina

Press Release 03.01.16

Washington, D.C.—House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY) today sent a letter to President Obama ahead of his upcoming trip to Argentina. In the letter to the president, Chairman Royce and Ranking Member Engel write: “We write to commend you for your decision to travel to Buenos Aires […]

It’s Time To Start Calling ISIS’ Atrocities Against Christians A Genocide

Op-Ed 03.01.16

In recent months, ISIS has gone global — carrying out attacks in San Bernardino and Paris. But the Obama administration continues to resist confronting radical Islamist terrorism directly and labeling ISIS’s efforts to destroy Christians and other minority faiths as genocide.