Edward Royce actually said...

"The reason we are concerned with cash going to Iran, especially $1.7 billion in cash, is because Iran is in the process, with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, of funding terrorism in the region..."

"But what about the interest on that that should have come out of this account?"

"And in terms of my question on the situation of how this was handled with North Korea, why was it not handled the same way with respect to Iran?"

"Clearly, the goal here is to get back to a system on foreign policy that works when different agencies and branches play their proper role."