Ed Royce

I believe we have a moral obligation to protect victims of human trafficking and a national security responsibility to cut off the financial means used by traffickers and terrorists.

I still say the same comment I made about the Treasury's rulemaking that is proposed, which is 25 percent standard, as a former banker for 30 years, is too high.

I am grateful to Congressmen Royce and Keating, Congresswomen Maloney and Love for introducing H.R. 2219, the End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 2017.

And the thing that I lament most about the Taylor Force Act and 2712, the Palestinian International Terrorism Support Prevention Act, and the 3542, the Hamas Human Shield Prevention Act, that it has taken this long for us to deal with…

I want to call particular praise to 401, urging the outlawing of the dog and cat meat trade and enforce existing laws in the trade;

I think that his phrase 'pay for slay' is correct.

And finally, for condemning the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya.

This hired murder scheme by the Palestinian Authority is a criminal action.

It is increasingly dangerous to be a Christian in today's world.

This bill would hold them accountable.

This is terrorism, plain and simple.

I especially appreciate today the recognition of Taylor Force, a beloved U.S. Army veteran...

The attacks on the Rohingya are absolutely entirely disproportionate and unacceptable to the initial attacks which took place on the outpost previously.

The PA must stop these payments.

Every dollar we spend in the West Bank and Gaza, every time we pay off the Palestinian debt to Israel, we are freeing up the Palestinian leadership to allocate money for its pay-to-slay program.

Today, we consider the Taylor Force Act.

Condemning the persecution of Christians around the world.

Reaffirming a strong commitment to the United States-Mexico Partnership.

This is really good news. We finally have an election calendar.

I want to thank Ranking Member Karen Bass for the focus that both of you have kept on the DRC.

We want an orderly, peaceful transition, and that's what the international community led by the United States is asking and really demanding.

A negotiated transition likely could be achieved if President Kabila were convinced that neither he nor his family would be prosecuted for human rights violations or corruption.

I have to give Ambassador Haley credit for, not just the commitment she got in terms of the December 23rd election next year.

No solution will be easy or without cost, but nonaction would even have a higher cost in terms of human lives.

I think sanctions are needed. If you don't use them, it becomes something in the toolbox that dictators... turn around and say, no worry here.