Chairman Royce Announces Committee Webpage Devoted to Bipartisan Food Aid Reform Efforts

Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the launch of a new committee webpage that serves as a repository for information about bipartisan efforts to modernize U.S. international food aid delivery to feed more people, more quickly, at a lower cost.  The webpage launch follows Wednesday’s full committee […]
Read More

Royce Calls on State Department Office of Inspector General to Explain its Report on Misconduct and Political Interference in Investigations

Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, called on the State Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) to explain in detail how it produced the February 2013 OIG report on misconduct within the State Department and reported interference by senior State Department officials to stymie the […]
Read More

Chairman Royce Demands Answers From State Department on Allegations of Misconduct and Political Interference in Investigations

Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, demanded an explanation from Secretary of State John Kerry regarding allegations of misconduct within the State Department and interference by senior State Department officials in the subsequent investigations.  The letter follows Chairman Royce’s announcement yesterday that he has asked […]
Read More

Chairman Royce to Convene Hearing on Reforming U.S. Food Aid Delivery to Feed More for Less – Wednesday 10 a.m.

Press Release
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will convene a hearing tomorrow morning on reforming the U.S. international food aid program in order to help more people, more quickly, at a lower cost.  The hearing, entitled “Modernizing U.S. International Food Aid: Reaching More for Less,” will begin […]
Read More

Chairman Royce Statement on Allegations of State Department Interference in Misconduct Investigations

Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on news reports that senior State Department officials prevented the Diplomatic Security Service from conducting investigations into allegations of administrative and criminal misconduct within the Department: “I am appalled not only at the reported misconduct […]
Read More

Royce Statement on World Bank Announcement on Doing Business Report

Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on World Bank President Jim Yong Kim’s announcement that the Bank will continue publishing in its current form the Doing Business report.  Last month, Royce, along with House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), […]
Read More

A Look Ahead — Week of June 10-14

Press Release
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, June 12 Hearing: Modernizing U.S. International Food Aid: Reaching More for Less 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 12 in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building Committee on Foreign Affairs Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman Invited […]
Read More

Chairman Royce Statement on Upcoming USTR Confirmation Hearing

Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Thursday’s scheduled confirmation hearing of Michael Froman, President Obama’s nominee to serve as the U.S. Trade Representative: “The Administration needs a more ambitious trade agenda.  Other countries are moving ahead.  It must fight for […]
Read More