Ed Royce

I think I can speak for the committee in asking that those in India involved in this decision focus on this immediate resolution.

If we are going to save 130,000 kids, we need to get behind you.

Let me say in response that we should hire, in the State Department, people who do have some experience. We should have some people there with some experience with Muslim culture and Muslim countries, with that kind of a background. But…

In reclaiming my time, I thank Chris Smith for his years of oversight and for his combating that type of abuse. I also thank him for our efforts to have this included now in what will become a new law. I reserve the balance of my time.

It is the committee's sincere hope that this problem can be resolved in a way that allows for humane generosity to continue.

I want to thank the gentlewoman from Florida for her contribution to this legislation. Mr. Speaker, as chairman, I also want to thank our ranking member, Mr. Engel. I want to thank all my committee colleagues for their contributions to…

As the Republican coauthor of this measure, I rise in strong support of H. Con. Res. 40--a resolution I was proud to introduce alongside my good friend, Mr. Charlie Rangel. As always, I appreciate the help from the gentleman from New York…

I also want to recognize the staff who have been so instrumental, not only on this resolution but also in maintaining our constructive policy toward Korea, Hannah Kim on Mr. Rangel's staff and our committee staffers, Hunter Strupp and…

In the past, both Republican and Democratic administrations have recognized that efforts to internationalize the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are not a substitute for direct negotiations between the parties. In fact, such an approach can…

From Syria to Afghanistan to Sudan, armed conflicts are raging all over this globe, and efforts to negotiate their ends are more important now than ever. We know that when women are included in these discussions that we are much more…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the 15- minute vote on suspending the rules and passing H.R. 6297 will be followed by a 5-minute vote on…

I want to thank Representative Smith for introducing this important measure and for being a longtime champion on African issues. I again want to thank Mr. Eliot Engel for his forceful communication when we were in Congo on that issue…

In closing, I want to once again recognize our colleague, Ranking Member Eliot Engel, not only for authoring this bill, but, over the years, for raising this issue with his colleagues, with the President of the United States, with the…

Once again, Mr. Speaker, I want to recognize Mr. Engel for his help in bringing this bill to the floor during the 114th Congress. The ranking member and I have been to this floor debating Iran many, many times. For most all of it, we…

I will reserve the right to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.

I believe rebuilding the trust and righting the wrongs is going to take a course of action here that I've yet to see you set.

I include in the Record the attached letters between myself and the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence regarding House Concurrent Resolution 891, expressing concern over the disappearance of David Sneddon, and…

Yes. And some of that is true by monetary policy, some of that is true by fiscal policy.

Are you worried about the consequences of consolidation in for communities and for our economies?

I think it serves as the only realistic hope we have of ensuring U.S. companies that they can really compete on a level playing field.

So clearly, these aren't legitimate actors, but how do we separate out the good from the bad?

H.R. 4211, the Credit Score Competition Act, my other bill here, opens up the GSEs to alternative credit scoring models and in doing so expands the pool of home buyers without lowering the bar for qualifications.

I am in southern California, and we have one of the highest costs of living in the country, so access to credit is really vital in our communities to the well-being of the family.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

This legislation that we are looking at here, H.R. 347, the Facilitating Access to Credit Act, would ensure that consumers' access to credit education services aren't choked off by lumping them in with credit repair scam artists.