Ed Royce: “I opposed the swap because the proposal would have resulted in a huge coup for the Taliban.”

I have an amendment to this text at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the following: That the House of Representatives-- (1)…

Ultimately, Helsinki was a squandered opportunity to challenge Vladimir Putin's false narratives on issues including Ukraine and Syria and Russia's ongoing interference in our democracy.

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

In closing, I thank my colleagues, the ranking member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Mr. Engel; Major Brian Mast of Florida; as well as the leadership on both sides of the aisle, for their bipartisan work on this resolution. The Syrian…