Ed Royce

Condemning the persecution of Christians around the world.

Today, we consider the Taylor Force Act.

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

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

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

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;

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

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…

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

I want to thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, including the gentleman from California (Mr. Khanna), for working in good faith toward achieving a resolution that productively addresses a very complex issue and a very serious…

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.

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

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

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

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

Nikki Haley has said... we would not provide funding for the election if there were problems.

the humanitarian situation is dire and warrants our immediate attention.

Delay is denial. Unless we see very significant progress that this is really going to happen, it is going to happen.

we must use every tool we have to pressure the government in Congo.

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.

Look, I want to thank you, and I want to thank Ranking Member Karen Bass for the focus that both of you have kept on the DRC; and for the trips that both of you have taken to the DRC; the resolutions that the two of you have passed; the…

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

We have been working on sanctions issues now, and our concern is that you inherited basically an agency that is the lynchpin of the enforcement, and the budget is going to be inadequate to the dramatic increase in sanctions that we are…

I and Gwen Moore have put forward a bipartisan bill that would direct Fannie and Freddie to increase the amount and the types of credit risk transfer transactions.

Housing finance reform remains the great undone work of the financial crisis. And a nationalized mortgage market, frankly, is an unsustainable status quo.