Edward Royce actually said...

"The U.S. should never pay ransom for the release of our citizens held hostage abroad."

"The head of the Justice Department's National Security Division warned that Iran would see this as ransom and would respond to this by taking more Americans hostage."

"This bill does two things: One, it provides more transparency regarding the U.S.-Iran Claims Tribunal; and, two, it prohibits cash payments to the Government of Iran, the world's leading state sponsor..."

"The fact that this bill has only Republican co-sponsors, 50 of it, sends a message to us that it is not a bipartisan bill."