...urges the United States to promote internet access in developing countries in an effort to drive economic growth, improve health and education, promote democracy and reduce gender inequality

Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming Committee events

ISIS relies heavily on the Internet to spread its violent ideology. Through the Internet and social media, ISIS is inspiring attacks within the United States and projecting force across the Middle East and Europe. Yet this administration’s response continues to be disjointed and inadequate. This needs to change – quickly. America’s national security depends on our ability to confront and defeat these terrorists online.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement in response to reports that a former Guantanamo Bay detainee transferred to Uruguay has gone missing in neighboring Brazil

Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) submitted the following remarks into the Congressional Record to commend the upcoming meeting of Orthodox Christian Churches, the first of its kind in over a millennium

Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) urged Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to ensure Iran remains on a key international panel’s list of countries designated as “high-risk and non-cooperative jurisdictions” for money laundering and terrorist financing.

Today the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed two measures addressing state sponsors of terrorism and a bill to promote the role of women in resolving conflict.

Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming Committee events:

“In recent years, instead of using the Treaty for its intended purpose, Russia has been using its Open Skies flights to expand its espionage capabilities,” Royce, Nunes and Thornberry write. “Allowing Russia to upgrade the sensors used in these flights to digital technology would only make this worse… We urge you to heed the advice of senior military personnel and other officials and reject this Russian request while examining modern alternatives to these flights.”

President Obama still doesn’t have a plan to defeat ISIS. The White House’s inaction and ineptness allowed these radical Islamist terrorists to spread across Syria, Iraq and Libya. Today ISIS continues to control huge swaths of land, and they are using these safe havens to inspire and plot more attacks against the United States.