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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.
the horrendous attack we have suffered and our national response will prove to be a pivotal event in world history. Our Nation is now embarked on a fight for freedom. Some nations will stand up and be with us, and we may even be surprised…
I think the Congress has been a little sheepish when it comes to reducing wasteful programs, especially during times when we have had a Federal surplus. I would just make the point that Congress did end the wool and mohair subsidy. It was…
when Congress created the current fee structure for securities transactions, the intent there was to ensure that the regulated community would pay for the cost of their regulation, and basically due to a rising stock market and due to…
Mr. Chairman, firstly I would like to thank the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Tancredo), a member of the Subcommittee on Africa that I chair, for introducing the Sudan Peace Act. The ranking member of the Subcommittee on Africa, the…
Mr. Chairman, I do want to stress that this legislation is not directed against Islam. This legislation is directed against religious persecution, and this includes the issue of forced conversion. Again, I think we need to be clear…
I rise in support of H.R. 974 and I would like to take just a moment to address a provision affecting the twenty-two industrial banks in my State of California. Chairman Oxley was good enough to include in the Committee reported version of…
the time has come for bankruptcy reform. This will be the third time that Congress has passed a bankruptcy reform bill in our effort to get this through. Our bankruptcy laws do play an important and necessary role in protecting Americans…
Retirement security is one of the most important challenges that we in Congress are going to face in the years to come. The amount of benefits provided to seniors in the not-too-distant future is going to exceed the amount of payroll taxes…
I think the time for reform really is now. The fact this bill will stop abusers while protecting those who need it most is important. I think for too many wealthy Americans bankruptcy is becoming the first stop rather than the last resort…
the war in Sierra Leone has been one of the most barbaric in the world. A rebel group, the RUF, supported by neighboring Liberia, has been conducting the most hideous of violence against civilians in this west African country. They are…
Mr. Speaker, every year, and this year again, we will have several million women in this country who are attacked by their ex-husbands or by ex-boyfriends. There will be half a million who are stalked. Four thousand of these women will…
I rise in support of this debt relief lock-box act because this bill uses 90 percent of next year's budget surplus to pay down the national debt.
I rise in support of H.Res. 572, of which I am a cosponsor. Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee's state visit this week caps off a special year in U.S.-India relations that began with President Clinton's March visit to India. The Prime…
these Sierra Leone diamonds that we are talking about and the conflict that is raging there are only a small part of Africa's production. However, the American public increasingly associates the devastation and the mayhem occurring in…
as we know, this Congress has accomplished much, and it should be proud of what it has done. We said we wanted to preserve and protect Social Security and Medicare, and we have. We stopped the raid on Social Security that had been going on…
Mr. Speaker, clearly Social Security alone is not enough for retirement in relative comfort today. The private pension system is an indispensable part of retirement security, and this underlying bill, which I have been proud to coauthor…
Mr. Chairman, I think in this debate we also need to think of India in strategic terms, not taking the action that the gentleman has proposed, which I think would be harmful to the relationship with India. In strengthening our ties with…
I rise in support of the base bill. As one of my constituents said in a town meeting last month, "Marriage is penalty enough, we don't need the government penalizing marriage with this special marriage penalty tax." And yet the Internal…
I realize that this year's agricultural appropriations bill is below last year's level, and I applaud the chairman for his efforts on that. However, even more reductions can be made in this bill, and should be made, because, frankly…
Mr. Chairman, the Market Access Program is the leftover product of two previously failed USDA programs, the Market Promotion Program and the Targeted Export Assistance Program, and MAP funnels tax dollars to corporate trade associations…
It is important that we honor those in the Armed Forces in the United States and in the armed forces of the Republic of Vietnam who fought together. These brave individuals risked their lives for liberty, and their actions should be…
I would just like to share that in the report the GAO determined that the Foreign Agricultural Service overstated the program's economic input, used a faulty methodology, which is inconsistent with Office of Management and Budget cost…
again reclaiming my time, we have not repealed the laws of supply and demand, and to the extent that we have these types of programs that force higher prices on the consumer, yes, that is ultimately reflected in pricing. I believe that the…
These are flush times for Washington, D.C. There has been much ado about the record surplus we are expecting and the different ways we are going to spend that surplus. But in our eagerness to out do each other to spend the surplus, we…
I stand before you today to introduce legislation that I believe will help ensure that religious institutions have available all the financial resources necessary to carry out their missions of community service.
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