Ed Royce: “The organizations that we have with us today have been building the infrastructure of democracy for a long time in some…”

Clearly there is strong bipartisan support for well-resourced, broad engagement in Africa.

In the decade leading up to the financial crisis of 2008, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac spent nearly $200 million on lobbying activities and campaign contributions.

I plan to introduce legislation with two objectives: The first, to explicitly prohibit Fannie and Freddie from engaging in lobbying activities while in conservatorship.

But I will ask both of you, we have got to engage with countries across Africa even the most challenging countries.