Ed Royce

I commend her strong leadership through two terms.

If done successfully, Liberia will be a model to fledgling democracies across Africa.

I think those elections provide an opportunity to consolidate these democratic gains.

I have spent a lot of time concerned about the drug of leverage.

We have been very clear that if China wishes to avoid further measures, we urgently need to see demonstrable action.

Sanctions can still have an important impact.

Last night we saw the Security Council unanimously approve its third U.N. sanctions resolution this year on North Korea.

is a very bad position for a dictator to be in.

It has been a long time since the 1994 framework agreement with North Korea.

We need to use every ounce of leverage.

We need more sanctions, tougher sanctions. We need to supercharge this right now.

Shouldn't we demonstrate the seriousness with which we take the North Korean nuclear threat?

Any sanction that crimps North Korea's access to technology is urgently needed.

We cannot accept half measures on this.

Congressman Royce's draft would solve this problem by creating a regulatory framework for authorized credit service providers.

The Credit Repair Organizations Act (CROA) was first enacted in 1996 to combat the predatory practices of credit clinics.

There is nothing in the Royce bill that addresses that at all, that would interfere with that in any way.

CROA is a law that protects consumers from the predatory practices of credit repair organizations.

I think this would enhance the protections for consumers with respect to credit education and identity theft protection products.

The Facilitating Access to Credit Act, drafted by Representative Royce, will bring CROA into alignment with the needs of a 21st Century consumer.

What we propose is leaving CROA in place for credit repair while changing the regulatory regime for what? For credit education.

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the…

I want to associate myself with Ted Deutch's remarks about Hezbollah.

I wish the rest of the Congress did it.

Qatar's rebuilding those buildings that had been destroyed... encourages more missile attacks on Israel.