Chairman Royce To Spotlight North Korea Regime’s Criminal Activities

Press Release 03.01.13

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced that he will convene a hearing on Tuesday, March 5 entitled, “North Korea’s Criminal Activities: Financing the Regime.” Chairman Royce said: “America’s North Korea policy has been nothing but a bipartisan failure. From the Clinton Administration to the […]

Chairman Royce, Ranking Member Engel to Introduce “Nuclear Iran Prevention Act”

Press Release 02.27.13

[Upon introduction, the Nuclear Iran Prevention Act was assigned the following bill number : H.R. 850.] Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Ed Royce, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Eliot Engel, the Committee’s Ranking Member, will introduce bipartisan sanctions legislation aimed at preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability, and further […]

Chairman Royce Congratulates South Korea’s First Female President

Press Release 02.25.13

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement congratulating President Park Geun-hye on her inauguration as the first female President of the Republic of Korea: Chairman Royce said, “I congratulate President Park, northeast Asia’s first elected female leader, on her inauguration as President […]

A Look Ahead: House Foreign Affairs Committee

Press Release 02.22.13

Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events: Tuesday, February 26 Subcommittee Hearing: Demonstrations in Tahrir Square: Two Years Later, What Has Changed? 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 26 in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa […]

House Passes Bipartisan Resolution Condemning North Korea Following Nuclear Test

Press Release 02.15.13

Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed, by a vote of 412 to 2, a bipartisan resolution condemning North Korea (H. Res. 65) for its Tuesday nuclear test, for flagrant and repeated violations of multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions, and for its repeated provocations that threaten international peace and stability. The […]

Foreign Affairs Committee Convenes Hearing on Mali Crisis

Press Release 02.14.13

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has convened a hearing entitled “The Crisis in Mali: U.S. Interests and the International Response,” at which officials from both the Department of State and the Department of Defense will testify. Live webcast and witness testimony are available HERE. Chairman […]

Royce, Engel Introduce Bipartisan Resolution Condemning North Korea Following Nuclear Test

Press Release 02.13.13

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member, introduced a bipartisan resolution condemning North Korea for its Tuesday nuclear test, for flagrant and repeated violations of multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions, and for its repeated provocations […]

Chairman Royce Statement on State of the Union Address

Press Release 02.12.13

Washington, D.C. – Tonight, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after attending President Obama’s State of the Union address: “I am most deeply concerned by President Obama’s demonstrated naivety in the message he is sending to nuclear-bound regimes in North Korea and Iran. Less than […]

Chairman Royce Statement on North Korea Nuclear Test

Press Release 02.12.13

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on North Korea’s nuclear test: “Today’s nuclear test by North Korea is yet more evidence of its deep commitment to its nuclear weapons program, and demands the Obama Administration’s attention. This test comes just weeks […]

Mali Crisis Topic of Thursday Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing

Press Release 02.11.13

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced that he will convene a hearing on Thursday, February 14 entitled, “The Crisis in Mali: U.S. Interests and the International Response.” Chairman Royce said: “Islamist militancy has been growing in Mali and other parts of North Africa […]