Ed Royce

Large, multinational corporations can go and invest behind the walls of preferential trade agreements. That really is damaging to U.S. workers.

It was a threat that we perceived in the Bush administration, and the Obama administration continues to see the same risk.

If we abdicate this responsibility and opportunity, we stand a real chance of allowing our competitors to write the rules of the game.

The preeminent trading bloc in the world's fastest-growing region offers the United States considerable economic benefits.

The U.S. had the most to gain because Colombia had preferential market access before its FTA went into effect.

We need to be doing all we can do to hammer away at these barriers.

We have to create jobs. We have to get this economy better.

More than any other, Section 165 of Dodd-Frank is emblematic of Washington taking its eye off of the ball.

President Bashir is using the type of language again, talking about going after the 'insects' in the South, as he calls the people of the South.

Even after Southern Sudan has withdrawn its troops from some of the disputed areas, Khartoum has continued to send the Antonovs and rain the bombs down.

I think one of the realities though in terms of what we are talking about is the military government there.

And when we think about what could be done to bring Joseph Kony to justice, one of the most important things is apprehending him.

Tomorrow, a very important event occurs, and that is the verdict from the War Crimes Tribunal is going to be read with respect to Charles Taylor.

Congressman Rohrabacher, you have been our conscience on security issues often, sometimes reminding us about stuff that goes on that we must not turn our head away from.

I just want to say publicly what we have said privately, to China, to South Korea, to every country in Asia who has focused on their engagement strategy with Burma that a limiting factor in our engagement will be the future direction of…

I think Congressman Crowley did underscore that there has been some overheated rhetoric.

Congressman Crowley, you have been our conscience on so much of what we have done in Asia.

Addressing the over-lawyered nature of the SEC is important because there is a perception of regulatory competence throughout the financial sector.

There have been many failures at the SEC over the last several years, and despite our hearing testimony from people like Harry Markopolos about the over-lawyered culture at the SEC and the 'investigative ineptitude'--in his words--last…

Do you think it would be helpful if that became sort of a strategic imperative?

But we provided the schools in Pakistan, or helped do so.

How about a little bit more robust Radio Free Asia broadcasting on what is actually going on in the country.

I had a Muslim governor of a northern Nigerian province tell me that he was very, very concerned with the change in the indigenous Islam of Nigeria.

Our inability to get the government in Pakistan to shut down those 600 schools over the last generation is something that is beyond me.

this is the worst human rights abuser on the planet.