A Look Ahead — Week of June 24-28

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: Tuesday, June 25 Joint Subcommittee Hearing: Religious Minorities in Syria: Caught in the Middle 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 25 in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and […]
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Chairman Royce Introduces Legislation to Extend U.S.-South Korea Civilian Nuclear Energy Agreement

Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced H.R. 2449, legislation to extend for two years the current U.S.-South Korea civilian nuclear energy cooperation agreement, which will expire in March 2014.  Chairman Royce issued the following statement upon the legislation’s introduction: “Extending the current U.S.-South Korea […]
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Chairman Royce Reacts to Administration’s Human Trafficking Report

Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, reacted to the State Department’s 2013 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, which catalogues abuses of modern–day slavery throughout the world.  This year’s report, for the first time in the history of the Trafficking Victim’s Protection Act, downgrades China and […]
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30 U.S. Humanitarian and Advocacy NGOs Encourage Support for Royce-Engel Amendment to Farm Bill to Reform Food Aid to Feed More People, More Quickly, at a Lower Cost

Press Release
Washington, D.C. – As the U.S. House begins consideration of a farm bill, H.R. 1947 (FARRM Act), a coalition of 30 U.S. humanitarian and advocacy NGOs encouraged support for the amendment that House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY) intend to offer.  The bipartisan Royce-Engel amendment will reform […]
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International food aid needs reform

Op-Ed
“I know that food aid often gets there after everyone’s dead.” That stinging indictment of our international food aid programs was made by Andrew Natsios, former head of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), who went on to point out that “people can’t eat shipping costs.”
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What They are Saying about Food Aid Reform

Press Release
Support for Bipartisan Food Aid Reform Escalates National Farmers Union, NGOs, Think Tanks, Editorial Boards Speak Out Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, along with Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY) and Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA), is leading the bipartisan effort to reform food aid to feed […]
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Chairman Royce and Ranking Member Engel to Offer Farm Bill Amendment to Reform Food Aid to Feed More People, More Quickly, at Lower Cost

Press Release
Vote Expected this Week Washington, D.C. – With the House of Representatives scheduled to consider a farm bill, H.R. 1947 (FARRM Act), this week, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member, announced their intention to offer an amendment to reform U.S. […]
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A Look Ahead — Week of June 17-21

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: Tuesday, June 18 Subcommittee Hearing: Elections in Iran: The Regime Cementing its Control 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 18 in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa Rep. Ileana […]
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