Ed Royce

The right time to train and equip the moderate Syrian opposition was well over a year ago.

It is a vicious terrorist organization with a 7th century ideology that nobody accepts, and it has to be uprooted and defeated.

We have been woefully inadequate in our response to this crisis.

I will place into the Record the letters exchanged with the other committees with jurisdictional interests in this bill; Financial Services would be one, and Judiciary. In closing, let me agree with Mr. Engel's observation that this is a…

I am absolutely going to reserve the right to close, should there be anymore speakers that Mr. Engel has on his side.

By deliberately targeting civilian areas with these deadly weapons, Hamas is committing war crimes aided and abetted by Iran.

Iran, again, is the number-one supporter of terrorism around the world and Hamas is a terrorist organization.

It is clear to see who wants peace and who refuses to want peace.

Assad would not be winning, potentially, in Syria if it wasn't for Hezbollah, a terrorist organization supported, funded, maintained, and controlled by Iran.

Iran's involvement with the Maliki government and with radical Shi'a militias in Iraq have undermined efforts to establish a more inclusive government in Baghdad.

Even if a comprehensive nuclear deal is reached, it is safe to say that Congress would not lift all sanctions on Iran unless it ceases to be a bad actor in the region.

I don't think we should willy nilly loosen sanctions on Iran. I think we should keep the sanctions until we see that they are dismantling their nuclear program.

I too am concerned as is Mr. Rohrabacher about recent events that indicate a shift by Prime Minister Erdogan away from democratic ideals.

Democracy is like a bus ride. Once I get to my stop, I am getting off.

The current law puts Congress not in the driver seat, not as a coequal branch of government, not in the back seat, but in the trunk when it comes to deciding what our policy will be on nuclear cooperation agreements.

Congress should already have oversight responsibility over these sensitive agreements.

I think that is an affront to the doctrines that underlie the first article of the U.S. Constitution. It is not meaningful review.

You have heard today about the devastating effects of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's decision to suspend exit permits for internationally adopted children. I've met with the American families who, as a result of this action, cannot…

We are simply stating that the findings in our bill are based on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.

I have long been concerned that this balance is shifting as Christian heritage sites in Turkey deteriorate and disappear in the face of hostile government policies.

The closest thing to eternal life is a government program.

I don't think we should express the sense of Congress that Turkey has made progress in ending religious discrimination.

Turkey cannot have it both ways.

There is no denying that the Republic of Turkey has a poor record on the treatment of Christians.

I adopted a Vietnamese prisoner of conscience named Mr. Nguyen Tien Trung.