Ed Royce: “I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 304. PERSONAL EXPLANATION”

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.

The Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, which was authored by myself and Mr. Eliot Engel, empowered the administration with some of the most potent weapons yet.

The West must not let Putin succeed.

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