Edward Royce actually said...

"The head of the Justice Department's National Security Division warned that Iran would see this as ransom and would respond to this by taking more Americans hostage."

"This bill does two things: One, it provides more transparency regarding the U.S.-Iran Claims Tribunal; and, two, it prohibits cash payments to the Government of Iran, the world's leading state sponsor..."

"The fact that this bill has only Republican co-sponsors, 50 of it, sends a message to us that it is not a bipartisan bill."

"There is a common theme between the underlying bill and the ranking member's substitute, and that theme is the need for greater transparency."