Edward Royce actually said...

"I am going to continue my effort to convince the Chinese Government that they should not allow nonstop flights between Pyongyang and Tehran that don't stop for fuel in China."

"I had raised several times during the course of those negotiations that the hostages should have been freed without any precondition."

"The point of the no-concessions policy is to remove the incentive to take Americans hostage."

"I call it ransom, because that is what Iran demanded."