Ed Royce

we should condition our assistance to Pakistan on their inclusion of LeT in terms of their engagement.

There is no other reason for the Lord's Resistance Army's existence.

We need better intel than we had in 2008 on that mission.

Kony's removal won't guarantee peace, but it is the one thing that makes peace possible in that region.

The LRA has been pillaging central Africa for a generation now under the sadistic Joseph Kony.

We pressed the administration to be bold, to develop a plan to help apprehend or remove Joseph Kony and his top commanders from the battlefield.

Now if this is not a crime against humanity, I don't know what is.

Because when we wrote section 104 or 104(e) of the law, it gave the Treasury Department the responsibility to pursue relentlessly, as we said, foreign banks engaged in business with blacklisted Iranian entities.

I thank the gentleman. This agreement will break down trade barriers. Frankly, it will level the playing field for 19,000 small and medium-sized businesses here in the United States and the farmers here who export into this market. It…

Let me go to one case where I know it's not theoretical, and bring this up again: The Mahmoud Kourani case.

Let me assure you, if Congress increases the current cap, NCUA would promptly revise our regulations.

The methodology here is also this isn't a blanket increase for all credit unions; there is a series of criteria that would have to be met in order to qualify.

This safeguard mirrors NCUA's current rule.

Madam Chairwoman, I assure you that we are affected by the cap.

Because of the economies of scale?

the single most efficacious thing he could cite that would make a difference would be the reimposition of the assault weapon ban here in U.S. law

Let me ask you another question. Are you concerned that raising the cap would open the credit unions up to additional risk?

I am here today to endorse a bipartisan solution for small business owners.

This balanced approach permits credit unions to have an immediate impact on jobs without putting our share insurance fund in jeopardy.

$13 billion for small businesses, 140,000 jobs, no taxpayer money. Who would be against this?

And that is a lot of jobs that would go with that $5 billion?

To expand credit union service to small businesses, Congressman Royce and Congresswoman McCarthy have proposed H.R. 1418.

That is what drives it, and that in turn, your argument is that this drives access to credit in a way that otherwise wouldn't occur?

Let me explain the intent of the bill. It is to expand access to credit for creditworthy borrowers.

H.R. 1418 is a well-conceived, balanced approach to making more capital available to small businesses.