Ed Royce: “The U.S. should never pay ransom for the release of our citizens held hostage abroad.”

I have one more speaker. I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Roskam), a member of the Committee on Ways and Means, and co-chair of the bipartisan Task Force on Combating Anti-Semitism.

I would like to caution against making a bad situation worse.

But it does meet, in my personal opinion, the definition of genocide.

It has been an honor, Mr. Yoho, to work with you.