Ed Royce

We understand that Iran doesn't negotiate in good faith. And we understand that Iran must understand that all options remain on the table and that those are not mere words, that those words have teeth.

the legislation that Ranking Member Engel and I authored and, frankly, was passed with 400 votes out of the House of Representatives would have given Iran's leadership a choice between compromise and economic collapse.

I am going to reserve the right to close. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I insert in the Record a letter from 33 national organizations in support of this resolution. July 23, 2014. Dear Representative McGovern: Representatives Jim McGovern…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Well, Madam Speaker, let me begin by saying I appreciate the gentleman from Massachusetts' spirit of cooperation. Mr. McGovern and I have worked on a number of issues from victims' rights to…

I will continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, Joseph Cirincione wrote an article in Defense One, and I want to quote a part of it. He says: The hard truth is that there is little we can do to save the…

On rollcall No. 449 I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' ____________________

I would like to thank the Education and the Workforce Committee for bringing up H.R. 4984, the Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act. I urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan bill. Within the past year, I…

But let me throw in one other factor for your consideration before we get to the other caveat.

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

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…

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

I have an amendment to the preamble at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: After the 6th clause of the preamble, insert the following: Whereas Iran has long provided material…

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

Congress should already have oversight responsibility over these sensitive agreements.