Ed Royce

Our Founding Fathers fought for this principle, and Congress has a responsibility to continue that fight for others.

This bill updates the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to improve the coordination and effectiveness of U.S. efforts to promote religious liberty worldwide.

I want to thank Representative Steve Chabot for offering this important measure and Representative Connolly for his amendment stressing the role Congress has played in fostering this critical relationship.

It is very important that this administration reconsider the military cutbacks which have been proposed.

the bill will be coming back this week. We will have a chance to vote on the bill that Mr. Engel and I authored.

I just returned from the Middle East, where I was honored to speak at the Iraq Museum in Baghdad about the need to counter ISIS' trafficking of priceless antiquities.

when they talk about wiping out evidence of Buddhist civilization, they mean it. They really are committed to this goal.

just as the Third Reich in Germany tried to destroy so much history with the book-burning and the history of the German tribes, just tried to restart everything by destroying evidence that went before it, here you have ISIS and you have…

Let's be clear about what this proposal does and does not do. Nothing in this amendment says that the Office of Financial Research must amend their work product because of public comments provided to them. The amendment here simply ensures…

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end the following: SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL RESEARCH. Section…

I am an advocate for regulatory relief for our Nation's community financial institutions when it comes to their ability to lend.

In closing, I would just say this for the Members. The 9/11 Commission Report was pretty prescient on this point. It said: ``The U.S. Government cannot meet its own obligations to the American people to prevent the entry of terrorists…

I just want to begin by thanking our colleague, Mr. Hurd from Texas, for his work here on behalf of the safety and security of the American people. He is a former CIA undercover officer. As a result of that, I think he had some unique…

In California, as you know, we have a world-class network of startups from Silicon Valley to Orange County, and the issue of access to capital for startup businesses--this is critical.

I want us to use our considerable leverage to end that practice.

So Ms. McWilliams, you have been helping to train Syrian women who are now participating in this latest round of the U.N. brokered talks.

data localization in general is a barrier of free trade and we have opposed it vigorously

When there is a level global playing field, American workers and the American economy win.

we need to see demonstrable progress on this issue. I stand ready to help on this

Our thoughts and prayers are with those in Brussels in the aftermath of this morning's attack.

Let me begin by thanking Mr. Zeldin of New York for his work on H.R. 4314, the Counterterrorism Screening and Assistance Act, as well as to thank the other members of the Committee on Homeland Security's bipartisan Task Force on Combating…

Thank you for your significant contributions on this important subject, and also I just wanted to convey that the committee looks forward to working with you on a path forward to address many of these issues.

Iran remains the foremost state sponsor of terrorism in U.S. judgment

The Iranian banks will not be able to clear U.S. dollars through New York.

the Republic of Korea partnership is one of the most valued and meaningful relationships we have with a foreign country.