U.S. needs bold, new strategy on North Korea

Op-Ed
This may seem like a scene out of some Hollywood thriller, but it's just another day in the twisted world of the tyrannical regime in Pyongyang. Despite what Dennis Rodman, our newest U.S. basketball-player-turned-diplomat, claims the regime of Kim Jong-Un to be, it is even more reckless than his father's.
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A Look Ahead—March 14-18

Press Release
Washington, D.C. — Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming Committee events: Tuesday, March 15 Hearing: Review of the FY 2017 Foreign Assistance Budget: Aligning Interests, Ensuring Effectiveness and Transparency 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 15 in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building Committee on Foreign Affairs Rep. Ed Royce […]
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Chairman Royce Announces Hearing to Examine U.S. Foreign Assistance

Press Release
Washington, D.C. –House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing Tuesday to review the President’s budget request for foreign assistance.  The hearing, entitled “Review of the FY 2017 Foreign Assistance Budget: Aligning Interests, Ensuring Effectiveness and Transparency” will take place on Tuesday, March 15 at 10 a.m. in 2172 Rayburn House […]
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Chairman Royce Writes President Obama Ahead of Upcoming Trip to Cuba

Press Release
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) sent a letter to President Obama today urging him to engage meaningfully with internationally recognized human rights activists – including U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet, journalist Guillermo Farinas, activist Rosa Maria Payá, and the current leadership and members of […]
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Chairman Royce Statement on Peru’s Election

Press Release
Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement after Peru’s Electoral Court excluded leading presidential candidate Julio Guzman from taking part in April’s presidential election: “I am concerned the Peruvian Electoral Court has barred Julio Guzman from next month’s elections over an alleged procedural error in his party’s […]
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Chairman Royce Welcomes GCC Action Against Hezbollah

Press Release
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement on the Gulf Cooperation Council’s move to designate Hezbollah a terrorist organization earlier today: “I am glad GCC nations are stepping up efforts to combat Hezbollah.  We cannot allow these terrorists, flush with cash from an emboldened Iran, to increase […]
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