Ed Royce: “I will place into the Record the letters exchanged with the other committees with jurisdictional interests in this bill…”

“I will place into the Record the letters exchanged with the other committees with jurisdictional interests in this bill; Financial Services would be one, and Judiciary. In closing, let me agree with Mr. Engel's observation that this is a critical time in the Middle East, and also, with our frustration that, during this time, Iran should continue to increase its support for its patron, Hezbollah, because for those of us with a longer memory, we remember how much they have increased their capability to do harm. As a result of that funding that has come from Iran, Hezbollah- initiated killings and bombings have occurred, to the frustration of our European allies, to those in Asia and those in Latin America, today, on virtually every continent. In 2012, Hezbollah carried out a bus bombing in Bulgaria--many of us remember that--and plotted an attack in Cyprus, leading to the European Union's designation of Hezbollah's military wing as a terrorist organization. Furthermore, Hezbollah continues to fight on behalf of the Assad regime in Syria's brutal civil war. One of the things we have seen is missiles being brought over the border from Syria into southern Lebanon by Hezbollah. We have seen the deaths in Syria at the hands of Hezbollah fighters. It has resulted in the deaths of thousands and thousands of people.…”