Ed Royce

If Congress does not act, we will not be able to be there for some of the members that we have helped in the past like Slo Gas & Mart, who we helped with a loan in 2009 that created 15 jobs; like Waterwheel, a car wash facility that we…

It is time to go on record against these really horrific abuses that have become endemic there.

I just want to also congratulate Mr. Smith for his dedication in trying to call attention to this.

I've long been an enthusiast for increasing trade and investment, increasing that relationship with Taiwan.

We need to push this agreement with Taiwan now in my opinion.

In two generations, Taiwan has moved from poverty to prosperity, from autocracy to democracy.

We can figure out beef, I think, but we've also got to have the political will to make it happen.

The business of Asia is business.

This passed the House unanimously as part of the agricultural appropriations bill that would call for the administration not to deliver food aid to North Korea.

We wrote the administration not to include Kaesong when the agreement was being negotiated and it was excluded from the agreement.

The Congress has jurisdiction over this issue as well.

This agreement would increase by $10 billion exports. Now, those are job creating exports.

Arguments to the contrary are bogus.

If this does not come into play, we are going to lose 345,000 jobs here in the United States.

I just don't see many votes for that here in the House; I don't see any. I don't support that.

This delay is all the more troubling given that it is happening with such a close ally, South Korea.

I would, on that basis alone, without regard to any other issue, think this was a fundamentally flawed agreement.

We should not have our need to cooperate with Pakistan hinder our cooperation with India.

We have to work with those we can in Pakistan but we must be more effective in calling out, and in the words of Secretary Clinton, 'lean hard on Islamabad.'

Failure to point out the Pakistani connection to this terrorism will only serve to perpetuate it.

Any such results are not in the best interests of investors, nor do they serve to protect them.

This amendment would decrease the allocation of the Department of Science and the Department of Energy budget by $10 million. And let me give you an example of what $10 million is used for, by way of example, in this department. There's…

Thank you, Mr. Broun. I will only take a minute here to close. You know, I am also for pure research in science. I am for scientific research where we can drive progress in the United States. But as I shared with you earlier, I am a former…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 28, line 13, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced by $10,000,000)''. Page 62, line 2, after the…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 43 Offered by Mr. Broun of Georgia