Ed Royce

I thank the gentleman for yielding. And in today's world, stalkers, unfortunately, are using a very new and upgraded type of technology from what, traditionally, they used. It used to be that, you know, they'd leave a message on the phone…

My colleague, Judge Poe, the Representative from Texas, has told you some of the examples about women who have found themselves in this dire situation. We had in my county, Orange County, California, a total of four young women in 1990 who…

During these hearings I think a great deal of information was focused on the Venezuelan connection to this.

We have to do a better job of collecting this intelligence.

I would like to thank the witnesses for coming here today to testify, and a special thanks to Peter Wallison from AEI.

The dividends should be used to pay down the enormous national debt with interest that is accruing.

Both our over-reliance on the major rating agencies and the poor performance of these entities during the recent market downturn has led me to believe that major reforms to the industry are needed.

The extent to which our entire financial system was and continues to be dependent upon the grades issued by NRSROs is really remarkable.

There is no dispute, though, that State regulation failed to detect and address a number of these major problems with AIG.

I think in retrospect, the fact that we did not give the Federal Government the right to regulate for systemic risk with respect to Fannie and Freddie was clearly a mistake.

The fact that many of our financial institutions have become too big to fail or too interconnected to fail has become shockingly apparent.

The moral hazard problem created by the implicit government guarantee of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is a perfect example of what not to do.

The gentleman from Alabama and I have disagreed in terms of this issue of systemic risk regulation.

I also agree that on the issue on this omnibus spending spree that we're calling a stimulus bill, that where we increase from $1 trillion, add another trillion and push up the deficit to 10 percent of the GDP, this is not the answer. But…

for years I have introduced government waste legislation that would set up a commission to identify waste, fraud and abuse in the Federal Government. It's similar to the Grace Commission of the 1980s. I believe strongly, as does Mr…

I guess part of my concern here is philosophical, but I think that ideas have consequences, and bad ideas have bad consequences in policy. And specifically what I worry about here are two challenges that the U.S. faces; one is a budget…

I would just like to quote for a minute from Hamas. They say Allah is the goal, the Prophet its model, the Quran its constitution, jihad its path, and death for the cause of Allah its most sublime belief. Now, that is the charter; that is…

On this day, on this very day 58 years ago, North Korea invaded South Korea. Over the course of the next 3 years after that invasion until July 27 of 1953, until that armistice brought a halt to the fighting, more than 36,000 Americans…

I rise also in support of this legislation. This is the Credit Union, Bank and Thrift Regulatory Relief Act that we have before us. As our capital markets continue to change and continue to evolve, the regulatory model overseeing our…

This measure before us addresses a number of objectives, I think all of them related to security assistance, and one of those is reform of the State Department's export control office. I think all of us know that it's been far too long…

there is an issue of critical concern to the human rights movement around the world and a critical concern to the continent of Africa. And it is because tonight, I just want to report, that the country of Zimbabwe is in very, very grim and…

let me just make the observation that today is Tax Day, and effectively what we are doing to the American taxpayers is making them jump through more hoops. Certainly if they have an HSA, and the costs of this program are projected to be…

there are many reasons why what the majority is doing today is gravely harmful to our security. Colombia is a close ally under siege. And as The Washington Post points out today: ``Score this action as a boost to Venezuela's agenda of…

I rise in support of H. Res.1077. I would like to first commend the Speaker on her timely resolution that calls on the Government of the People's Republic of China to end its crackdown in Tibet and to open a dialogue with His Holiness the…

Many have described the crisis: HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria. These take countless lives every day, especially on the continent of Africa. These diseases devastate families, they devastate communities, and nations. This bill is titled…