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Ed Royce

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Edward R. Royce is a former U.S. Representative for California's 39th congressional district, serving from 1993 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Royce was known for his work on foreign affairs and trade issues during his tenure in Congress. He served as the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, where he focused on international relations and security matters. Royce was also involved in legislation aimed at supporting religious institutions and community service initiatives.

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Mar 8, 2011

China's indigenous innovation policies threaten global intellectual property protections, fair government procurement policies, market competition, and innovators' freedom to decide how and when they transfer technology.

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Mar 8, 2011

It's not based on legality. It's not based on a rule of law.

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Mar 8, 2011

We have turned a blind eye to a fundamental concept to protect human capital.

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Mar 8, 2011

We are the victims of cyber attacks and everybody knows this.

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Feb 18, 2011

The bipartisan deficit reduction commission has looked at the work of the GAO on this issue. The GAO has tried to get Federal agencies to look at reducing their vehicle fleet. They have put out studies, and one of the interesting examples…

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Feb 16, 2011

Which, as I remember, never got into the toxic mortgage mess that a lot of financial institutions did get into.

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Feb 16, 2011

I think some of the surprising things in life are the things we all take for granted.

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Feb 16, 2011

And if there is not an incentive and an economic return to continue to invest and to safeguard the data security of our payment network and our digital currency, that is a very serious policy concern.

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Feb 15, 2011

the actions taken by the Fed and the GSEs that turned a boom into a bubble and led to the eventual collapse.

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Feb 14, 2011

To be an enemy of the United States is bad, but to be a friend is fatal.

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Feb 10, 2011

In terms of a lack of regulation, I think it's interesting to note that it was the Republicans who attempted to regulate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It was the Republicans who were attempting to bring regulation against those…

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Feb 9, 2011

We do get $179 million back into the Treasury, which the CBO does not count as a savings, but if we pass this, we do get the money back. It is obvious that these security upgrades should be funded through the U.N. capital master plan, that…

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Feb 8, 2011

They said it is the fate of the guillotine if the revolution goes the wrong way afterwards.

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Feb 8, 2011

Any one of these the Fed recognized would have helped the situation.

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Feb 8, 2011

I think one of the vexing things for us is that the Federal Reserve has come to us in the past with concerns about the model that we have set up.

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Feb 8, 2011

Unfortunately, three options doesn't equal one plan. And I think the time for debating the merits of options is long past.

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Feb 8, 2011

They said the Brotherhood is a group that does not believe in pluralism.

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Feb 8, 2011

It appears, after months of preparing, we finally got to the point here where Treasury is set to release their proposal for GSE reform.

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Feb 8, 2011

If the Brotherhood gets the upper hand, eventually it would be a bloody terror for those who did not subscribe to the fundamentalist approach.

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Feb 8, 2011

Should they not be allowed to participate?

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Feb 8, 2011

We need strict implementation of international human rights laws in this country.

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Feb 8, 2011

Their observation was that the Muslim Brotherhood did not start this uprising, as they called it.

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Feb 8, 2011

that is an organization that only exists to take power, put in place an Islamic society and then carry out of the rest of the agenda

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Jan 25, 2011

While the President touted the strength of our economy last night, significant obstacles stand between where we are today and real economic growth.

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