Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, applauded the creation of a Commission of Inquiry on crimes against humanity in North Korea. Royce said:  “Monitoring and communicating to the world North Korea’s horrendous human rights abuses is long overdue.  Kim Jung Un, who’s proven to be […]

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has convened a hearing on the crisis is Syria. At the hearing, entitled “Crisis in Syria: The U.S. Response,” U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford and other State Department and USAID officials will testify. The hearing is being broadcast on […]

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will convene a hearing entitled, “Crisis in Syria: The U.S. Response” TOMORROW at 9:45 a.m. U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford and other State Department and USAID officials will testify at the hearing. Chairman Royce said:  “Unfortunately, we are watching […]

Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events: Tuesday, March 19 Joint Subcommittee Hearing: After the Withdrawal: The Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan (Part I) 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 19 in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific […]

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Japan’s decision to seek membership in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement, a trade initiative involving eleven other countries: “Japan’s decision to join TPP is a positive step –the potential economic benefits for the U.S. […]

Calls for Taiwan’s inclusion in the International Civil Aviation Organization Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking member, introduced bipartisan legislation (H.R. 1151) that calls for the Secretary of State to endorse Taiwan’s entry into the International Civil Aviation […]

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 Wednesday, March 20 entitled, “Crisis in Syria: The U.S. Response.” U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford and other State Department and USAID officials will testify at the hearing. Chairman Royce said:  […]

Hearing to convene at 9:30 a.m. Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee issued the following statement as the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, chaired by Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ), convened a hearing focusing on U.S. energy security: “U.S. energy security is a matter of U.S. national […]

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S.  Rep.  Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on the recent national election in Kenya:  “The people of Kenya have peacefully voted. It is now important that Kenyan leaders peacefully address election disputes through the rule of law, as candidate Raila Odinga has […]

It is time for the people of Venezuela to take a long, hard look at the current state of their country and what their flagging economy portends for their future. The truth is, President Chavez grossly mismanaged vast Venezuelan resources, using over a trillion dollars in oil assets for political purposes, rather than for the long- term benefit of the Venezuelan people. Under his leadership, daily production of the state-owned and managed oil company fell by nearly a million barrels a day. Meanwhile, Venezuela is experiencing record inflation, a devalued currency, widespread poverty and pervasive scarcity and shortages of basic goods.