Ed Royce

I am proud to continue advocating for religious freedom in Turkey, and I urge support of this important bill.

Pastor Chinh was unjustly sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2012 for simply practicing his faith.

If this is not enough for us to act today, if not for Israel, if not for Latin America, if not for Africa, then for the United States.

Amendment to the amendment in the nature of a substitute to H. Res. 588 offered by the Honorable Edward R. Royce

I am very much chagrined over what seems to be his authoritarian rule.

Today, we pay our respects to Sue Kint, a longtime friend of many in the community of Buena Park, California, who recently passed away after battling what began as lung cancer. Sue Kint's remarkable story has humble beginnings. Born to…

We demand that the State Department work on these families' behalf and those children's behalf to bring this to a successful resolution and conclusion.

Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H. Res. 562 offered by the Honorable Edward R. Royce

I think this is a very moderate bill and should be supported by everyone on both sides of the aisle.

Despite optimistic claims by Turkish leaders in 2011 that a revised law would allow all church properties to be returned to their rightful owners within a year, 3 years later most of those properties remain unreturned.

Despite the Turkish Government's numerous promises to reopen the Halki seminary, that seminary remains closed.

If this treaty goes through on fast track, they will displace many of the textile capabilities of the Central American countries and put them out of business.

Representatives Ed Royce and Carolyn McCarthy have introduced the Small Business Lending Enhancement Act (H.R. 688)...

Part of being a leader means holding our coalition partners accountable, making sure they fulfill the commitments they make.

We know that even the State Department's book on trafficking just came out on Friday that Vietnam is a major source of labor trafficking and many products are made with child labor in Vietnam.

Unfortunately, this administration has failed in the role in Libya.

Four Congresses in a row I have gotten passed in the House the Vietnam Human Rights Act. It has died in the Senate each time, sadly.

The best way to stop the slaughter of elephants for their ivory and the march of the elephants toward extinction is to close ivory markets around the world.

The Iranian regime continues to involve itself in these serious human rights abuses, even as we sit here today on a very large scale.

Bob Levinson, when you think about it, our longest held American hostage anywhere on the planet.

At least 750 people have been executed without due process in the past year.

I opposed the swap because the proposal would have resulted in a huge coup for the Taliban.

The administration kept the deal secret and acted unilaterally.

I was adamantly opposed to the proposed swap, I said so at the meeting as did many of our colleagues.

In closing, I would just say that I am open to working with the chairman and ranking member to find an appropriate offset in conference. However, it is essential to adopt this amendment now so that this matter can be set, we can put a…