Media Advisory: Leaders of Senate Foreign Relations, House Foreign Affairs Committees to Participate in Opening of U.S. Capitol Display of Photos Documenting Syria Atrocities

Press Release 07.10.15

Also participating: U.S. Holocaust Museum official, Holocaust survivor, and Syrian survivor On Wednesday, July 15, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-Calif.) and Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) will participate in the opening of a special photo display sponsored by […]

Chairman Royce Comments on Passage of Holocaust Restitution Agreement by French Parliament

Press Release 07.09.15

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on the passage by the French Parliament of an agreement between the United States and France to provide compensation to several thousand U.S. and other citizens who were victims of the Nazis and deported from […]

Chairman Royce Comments as Iran Talks Continue

Press Release 07.09.15

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued this statement after Secretary of State John Kerry announced that talks with Iran continue. Secretary Kerry’s statement comes after the House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing on the potential Iran agreement this morning. Chairman Royce said: “I’m glad […]

‘Right to be forgotten’ — Europe’s censorship overreach

Op-Ed 07.09.15

Too often of late I’m reminded of George Orwell’s novel “1984.” Inside the Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith works each day erasing history. Smith’s job is to carefully delete people and events from newspaper articles that are not to Big Brother’s liking.

Committee to Examine the Implications of a Nuclear Agreement with Iran – Today 10am

Press Release 07.09.15

Hearing begins anticipated Congressional review Washington, D.C. – Today at 10:00 a.m., as the Obama Administration works to complete a final nuclear deal with Iran, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will convene a hearing entitled, “Implications of a Nuclear Agreement with Iran.” The hearing is the first in […]

Chairman Royce Speaks in Support of Measure Commemorating Srebrenica Anniversary

Press Release 07.08.15

Highlights current abuses of Rohingya Muslim population in Burma Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, spoke on the House floor in support of H. Res. 310, a resolution to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the genocide at Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The resolution […]

Committee to Examine the Implications of a Nuclear Agreement with Iran – Tomorrow 10am

Press Release 07.08.15

Hearing begins anticipated Congressional review Washington, D.C. – Tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., as the Obama Administration works to complete a final nuclear deal with Iran, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will convene a hearing entitled, “Implications of a Nuclear Agreement with Iran.” The hearing is the first in […]

Foreign Affairs Committee to Convene Two Hearings in Anticipated Congressional Review of an Iran Nuclear Agreement

Press Release 07.07.15

Hearings Scheduled for Thursday, July 9 and Tuesday, July 14 Washington, D.C. – As the Obama Administration works to complete a final nuclear deal with Iran, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today announced the second in a series of hearings to examine an anticipated nuclear deal with Iran. […]

Chairman Royce Comments on Latest Iran Extension Announcement

Press Release 07.07.15

What is the rush? asks Foreign Affairs Chair Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued this statement after it was announced that negotiations surrounding Iran’s nuclear program will be extended until July 10th: “While negotiations with Iran can’t continue forever, there is no push from […]

House Votes to Strengthen U.S.-Jordan Defense Cooperation

Press Release 07.07.15

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued this statement following House passage of H.R. 907, the United States-Jordan Defense Cooperation Act of 2015. Authored by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), the legislation, as amended, improves defense cooperation between the United States and the Hashemite Kingdom of […]