Ed Royce

I want to thank Congressman Yoho, but also all the members of this committee who have been engaged in supporting him.

The Honorable Edward R. Royce

Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 5141 offered by the Honorable Edward R. Royce

I urge my colleagues to support this bill, and I hope that we can bring it to the floor in the near future.

I fear a withdrawal would actually set back these efforts and Congress has heard nothing about an alternative.

I opposed the nuclear deal and so did a bipartisan majority of the committee.

We should be able to get an agreement with the Europeans to fix these serious flaws.

The deal does not shut off Iran's path to a nuclear weapon.

I think that deal would be in jeopardy and thousands of jobs in various locations in the U.S. would be in jeopardy.

I hope that the Senate, with a lot of pressure from the administration and us, will move quickly on the Caesar Syrian Civilian Protection Act.

Both these bills would give our diplomats real leverage.

There is no excuse for the Senate's failure to act on the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act.

We took that action in response to his barbaric use of chemical weapons.

The Iran nuclear deal has serious flaws so let me speak to this for a moment.

I think Mr. Sherman puts his finger on the heart of the matter here, because the question is no longer can it be the export of individual systems on dual use; it has to be the export of the knowhow.

I am grateful to support and cosponsor H.R. 5040, the Export Control Reform Act of 2018, and urge its passage.

Investing in women's empowerment is not only humane, it is good common sense, because when women exert greater influence over household finances, economic outcomes for families improve.

What it does do is it strengthens the congressional oversight over the delisting of a state sponsor of terrorism.

It is our responsibility to empower women, and this bill does so through our USAID programs.

Sadly, women continue to face insurmountable barriers that deter their availability to becoming full and equal members of society.

This bill is a tool that we can use to not only advance and protect our interests by ensuring that outside actors cannot work to manipulate election results, but it also serves to advance our democratic ideals.

It is in America's interest that we promote credible elections, and having exchange programs to share best election practices is an excellent idea.

I am pleased to be an original cosponsor of this, and I urge all of our members to join me in supporting it.

Women and girls are powerful, and we know what happens when that power and potentials are unleashed. Communities thrive.

Fighting global poverty is a critical issue that our committee faces, and one of the most effective ways we can improve global prosperity is to empower women throughout the world.