Ed Royce

Our attempt with respect to India is to bring India into the MPT regime and lead it to peaceful purposes of nuclear energy and away from producing weapons outside of an MPT regime.

Yes. Let me explain to the gentleman that, first, our efforts with respect to India is to bring India into the nonproliferation regime.

Let me just say in this very bill is a study to do just that, and study the northern border as well to look at those areas where people are crossing illegally.

let me say, in order to spend the money, you first have to authorize the money. In the Senate, as I rise in support of this rule to consider H.R. 6061, let me say that the Senate has attached to the defense authorization bill language, and…

recently the subcommittee on international terrorism and nonproliferation that I chair held a hearing on the growing Islamist terrorist threat in Somalia. The country's unsecured borders and proximity to the Arabian Peninsula provide a…

the only change in this amendment is to name this bill after our distinguished chairman, Henry Hyde. The underlying amendment contains a series of technical and conforming changes which were needed to ensure the bill was properly drafted…

as the designee of Mr. Hyde, I offer the Hyde-Lantos amendment which is made in order by the rule. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Amendment No. 1 offered by Mr. Royce…

I would make several points. One, in terms of the program that is being laid out in the Washington Post, I think it was this Monday, explaining Pakistan's ambitions with respect to its nuclear buildup, that is clearly not something that…

Any fuel reserve should be intended to give India protections against short-term fluctuations in the supply of nuclear fuel.

you know, while the United States is, in fact, leading the way on this agreement, it is a multilateral agreement in the sense that the NSG, 45 nations, must concur with this agreement; and Congress must approve a nuclear cooperation…

yes. I supported the gentleman's amendment in committee, and I will work with him to maintain it in the final bill.

last week, the Subcommittee on International Terrorism that I chair held a hearing on Venezuela's link to terrorism. On May 15, the State Department designated Venezuela as not cooperating fully with U.S. anti-terrorism efforts. Mr…

I thank Chairman Leach for yielding. Mr. Speaker, as chairman of the Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation, I rise in support of this resolution and to strongly condemn the terrorist attack that took place last week…

the Subcommittee on International Terrorism that I chair held two field hearings last week, one in San Diego and one in Laredo, Texas, on border vulnerabilities and international terrorism. The unfortunate fact is that we live in a time…

I rise today to engage the chairman of the subcommittee, Mr. Kolbe, in a colloquy. Mr. Chairman, as you know, on Tuesday the administration successfully concluded negotiations for the fourth replenishment of the Global Environment…

this goes to the issue of $50 million in economic support funds for Liberia. What I wanted to say, on this issue, is that the United States has been very generous with Liberia. We have committed nearly $1.5 billion, and that includes the…

we do not want these agencies to waive instances where they have not had time to do the criminal background checks or to check the terrorist watch list. And in order to make it timely, in the amendment, we provide the revenue by having…

I am a cosponsor of H.R. 3132, the Children's Safety Act. I would have voted ``yes'' on this legislation. However, I am in New York City on official business for the House of Representatives. I was appointed by Speaker Hastert as a…

I rise in support of H.R. 2601. The chairman, Ranking Member, and Committee members have worked well to give our State Department the tools necessary to carry out our Nations' foreign policy in a very challenging world. As Chairman of the…

I do not know why we set up a 9/11 Commission if we were not going to take their provisions in their entirety. When the 9/11 Commission tells us that border security is national security; when the commission finds that our border system…

I just want to indicate the sheer magnitude of the horror of what is unfolding in Sudan as we speak. Because what is occurring there is a scorched-earth policy that has killed in excess of 70,000 people, that has displaced more than a…

I am pleased that the Crime Victims' Rights Act was included in H.R. 5107, the Justice for All Act. I have long been an advocate of victim's rights. I am the author of the first State anti-stalking law in the country. At the Federal level…

I do rise in opposition, and I thought what I might do is simply quote some of the testimony before this Congress, starting with Steve McCraw of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Office of Intelligence, and he says of these cards…

This tragedy brings the world's attention to a region of the globe that has been perhaps overlooked for too long, but it has also spurred debate about the next steps in an escalating conflict that transcends borders. It should also…

Mr. Speaker, in recent weeks, the Russian people have suffered greatly from terrorism. They have seen two airplanes blown out of the sky, killing all on board. They have seen bombs explode in subway tunnels, killing people who were just…