Ed Royce

the Middle East has been transformed, and not for the better.

President Abbas is committed to nonviolence.

I was extremely disturbed to read today that Iran has agreed to pay the families of people who've engaged in violence.

Iran has instantly become the dominant country in the region.

This calls on Iran to assist in the case of Bob Levinson.

I thank Mr. Deutch for his steadfast dedication to Mr. Levinson's cause.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, for 3 years the Committee on Foreign Affairs that I chair has worked with great determination to build support for this North Korea sanctions legislation. I want to thank my…

Before yielding to our next speaker, I also want to note that this bill effectively reauthorizes and extends the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004, which I have worked to support for more than a dozen years. That groundbreaking law…

no country is more targeted than Taiwan and so there is an area also where the United States, I think, has a certain responsibility to assist in helping Taiwan deter these cyber attacks.

We really must hold their feet to the fire.

Risk-sharing with the private sector is a way to slowly but quite surely remove the Federal Government's grip on the housing market.

If Taiwan doesn't have that seat at the table and doesn't get to diversify its imports and exports, then I think this would be problematic.

What the administration should have told Iran is stop supporting terrorism and this won't be a problem.

We benefit under the rule of law, the establishment of the rule of law.

one of the issues that I have become concerned about over time is this issue of the lack of regularity or consistency in the discussions between U.S. and Taiwan on the Taiwan Relations Act requirements to provide for the articles for…

We need to figure out the way we can be most effective, what we can do in respect to Iran.

It sounds harsh, but it sure looks as if the Supreme Leader effectively vetoed the bill that had been passed and signed.

Iran remains the world's most active state sponsor of terror and a chronic human rights abuser.

It really is galling when after we sign an agreement with Iran, they continue, their leaders continue, to yell 'Death to America.'

I think we have all had who have looked at Taiwan's economic strength is that its inclusion in TPP would allow Taiwan greater diversification in terms of its exports of Kaohsiung and Tainan.

In my view, they are not a valuable use of this committee or Congress' time.

The latest stress-test scenario that was published by the Fed includes this scenario where the rate on 3-month U.S. Treasuries drops below zero from the second quarter of 2016 through 2019.

You told the committee in November that if the economy were to deteriorate in a significant way, potentially anything, including negative interest rates, would be on the table.

I think that the central banks in Japan and Europe are trying to overcompensate for irresponsible fiscal policy.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.