Ed Royce

I think some of this talk about Iran being a very successful regional power, long term, if it does this nuclear deal, the choice of words here by the administration, I think is concerning to others on the ground who have noticed the…

And I am bothered by 3 days ago the 'Death to America' quote from the Ayatollah.

I am concerned about Iran's growing foothold in Iraq.

Many of you know that for some time some of us on this committee have been pushing the idea of hitting ISIS from the air.

I thank the gentlelady for yielding. Mr. Speaker, as my good friend Eliot Engel from New York explained, last April, we took a delegation to Ukraine, not just to the western part of the country, but, most importantly, we went to the east…

In Venezuela that is desperately and increasingly in need of assistance, I am concerned that the administration has not requested more resources...

Dictators in the region have learned from and studied the methods of the Castro brothers.

In our committee, we heard the testimony of Deborah Peters, a young girl from northern Nigeria. She survived, but she was tied to her father's body and her brothers, who were massacred by Boko Haram. She came to tell us about what it was…

People in Latin America are crying out for the United States to finally stand up and say loudly and clearly...

I am concerned that the budget does not reflect those priorities.

I do think that it is going to be a considerable amount of time under the calculus that the administration is working under when they intend to come to Congress for that vote and that is very, very concerning.

But that is why we are here today. You are putting this stock in Iran's signature to the NPT and its safeguards agreement, right? They have had those same commitments. They have been violating those commitments for years.

Suggesting that Congress has a role to play by voting on sanctions relief years from now once a deal has run its course, that to me is disingenuous.

I implore you to convey those views immediately, if you would, to Secretary Kerry and the negotiating team.

How can we expect Iran to uphold an agreement when they are not meeting their current commitments?

Congress is proud of this role and we want to see the administration get a lasting and meaningful agreement.

If Congress will be asked to roll back its sanctions on Iran, then there must be a substantial rollback of Iran's nuclear program.

It is the House of Representatives that has driven this process.

This committee has been at the forefront of examining the threat of a nuclear Iran.

You can't have real verification going forward unless you have that revealed to the IAEA.

I am hopeful that the SEC will provide some clear guidance on these issues in the future.

Yet, today in Argentina no one has been brought to justice for these attacks.

Unfortunately, much of Mr. Nisman's report went unheeded by the U.S. and the countries named in the report.

I believe this negligence is misguided and dangerous.

On January 18, Mr. Nisman was mysteriously found dead in his apartment with a bullet wound to the back of his head.