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

Press Release
[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 […]
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Chairman Royce Congratulates South Korea’s First Female President

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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 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 […]
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A Look Ahead: House Foreign Affairs Committee

Press Release
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 […]
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Foreign Affairs Committee Convenes Hearing on Mali Crisis

Press Release
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 […]
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Royce, Engel Introduce Bipartisan Resolution Condemning North Korea Following Nuclear Test

Press Release
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 […]
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Chairman Royce Statement on State of the Union Address

Press Release
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 […]
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Chairman Royce Statement on North Korea Nuclear Test

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 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 […]
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Mali Crisis Topic of Thursday Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing

Press Release
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 […]
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Putin, others eye internet control

Op-Ed
History is replete with armed conquerors and brutal dictatorships. But great danger to liberty can also come from obscure corners. In fact, a new and high-stakes struggle has begun, one in which every American has a stake.
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