Foreign Affairs Committee to Consider North Korea Sanctions, Human Trafficking, Boko Haram Measures – Today 9:30 a.m.

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Washington, D.C. – This morning at 9:30 a.m., the House Foreign Affairs Committee will meet to consider the following: H.R. 400, (Mr. Royce) Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act, To require the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to submit reports on definitions of placement and […]
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Foreign Affairs Committee to Consider North Korea Sanctions, Human Trafficking, Boko Haram Measures – Tomorrow 9:30 a.m.

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Washington, D.C. – Tomorrow at 10 a.m., the House Foreign Affairs Committee will meet to consider the following: H.R. 400, (Mr. Royce) Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act, To require the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to submit reports on definitions of placement and recruitment […]
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Secretary Kerry to Testify at 10 a.m. Hearing

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Chairman Royce Opening Statement Washington, D.C. – Today at 10 a.m., U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will convene a hearing at which Secretary of State John Kerry will testify.  The hearing, entitled “Advancing U.S. Interests in a Troubled World:  The FY 2016 Foreign Affairs Budget,” will provide Secretary […]
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UPDATED: A Look Ahead – Week of February 23-27

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*Witnesses added to Asia-Pacific Hearing (2/26)* **Location changed for Cuba Hearing (2/26)** ***Markup of North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act added Friday at 9:30 a.m.*** Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events: Wednesday, February 25 Hearing: Advancing U.S. Interests in a […]
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What is needed to stop ISIS

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ISIS is on the march. Despite some battlefield setbacks in Iraq, the Islamist terrorist group remains unchallenged in Syria and holds sway over an area the size of Great Britain. The group has seized an estimated $2 billion in assets, a stunning sum, and its recruits continue to flow in.
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A Look Ahead – Week of February 23-27

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Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events: Wednesday, February 25 Hearing: Advancing U.S. Interests in a Troubled World: The FY 2016 Foreign Affairs Budget 10 a.m. on Wednesday, February 25 in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building Committee on Foreign Affairs […]
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Secretary Kerry to Testify Before House Foreign Affairs Committee

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Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced that Secretary of State John Kerry will testify at a Committee hearing on Wednesday, February 25 at 10 a.m.         The hearing, entitled “Advancing U.S. Interests in a Troubled World:  The FY 2016 Foreign Affairs Budget,” will provide […]
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Hezbollah’s threat to terrorize the world

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"Our goal is to liberate the 1948 borders of Palestine [Jews] can go back to Germany, or wherever they came from.” That not-so-subtle threat came from a Hezbollah spokesman a dozen years ago. Increasingly, it’s looking like more than bravado.
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Chairman Royce Statement on the Situation in Yemen

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Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on the situation in Yemen: “The continuing evacuation of U.S. partners from Yemen – including Saudi Arabia – is a disappointing and dangerous development.  The presence of Western and regional governments in Sana’a are critical […]
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