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Royce Oped: Bailout plan could mutate into a gravy train of tax money
Nov 13, 2008
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The following oped by Rep. Ed Royce appeared in the Orange County Register.
Exit polls suggest President-elect Barack Obama won largely because of our economic distress. With the White House in Democratic control, and the Democratic congressional majority expanded, new economic stimulus plans w...
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Royce Statement on Bailout
Sep 29, 2008
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Today, I voted No on the $700 billion bill to bail out failing financial institutions. While I believe the underlying problems in our economy are serious and need to be addressed, the bill put forward did not do enough to protect taxpayers and did not enact the reforms needed to address the underlyi...
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Royce Oped: Inevitable Collapse
Sep 26, 2008
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The following oped, Inevitable Collapse by Royce appeared in today's Washington Times.
Much of the debate in Washington lately has focused on the Treasury Department's proposal to address the current market turmoil through a $700 billion program. While overleveraging and poor inve...
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WSJ Oped: "Insurance Companies Need a Federal Regulator"
Sep 23, 2008
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The following is an opinion editorial by Sen. Sununu, Sen. Johnson, Rep. Bean and Rep. Royce which appeared in the Wall Street Journal.
Insurance Companies Need a Federal Regulator
Never before has the Federal Reserve felt compelled to commit tens of billions of taxpayer dollars to shore up...
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Royce Oped: Things Congress Can Do on Energy
Aug 4, 2008
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The following oped by Rep. Ed Royce appeared in the Orange County Register.
Today, 80 percent of world oil reserves are owned by government-owned companies and controlled through cartels. Saudi Arabia nationalized Aramco; Iran seized British Petroleum in the Persian Gulf; Hugo Chávez two...
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Socializing Risk While Funding The Left
Jul 23, 2008
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The following was posted on the FlashReport:
by Jon Fleischman
Today the Congress is preparing to vote on a massive mega-billion dollar "bail out" of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae" - along with billions of other "gifts" to those impacted negatively by the mortgage crisis ("gift" - paid for wit...
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Durban II: trashing human rights
Jul 14, 2008
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The following is an oped by Rep. Ed Royce that appeared in the Washington Times:
Seven years ago, the United Nations held a conference on racism in Durban, South Africa to address what some saw as growing trends in hate speech and discrimination. Lofty ideals aside, the conference quickly ...
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Royce Urges President to Extend Resources at the Border
Jun 30, 2008
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Many of you are aware of my efforts to secure our nation's borders. I am continuing to push to keep America safe with a sound enforcement first immigration plan. Just this Monday I sent a letter over to President Bush urging him to extend Operation Jump Start.
Operation Jump Start began in 2006 a...
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THE 2008 FARM BILL SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN PASSED, AND CERTAINLY THE PRESIDENT'S VETO SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN OVERRIDDEN
Jun 2, 2008
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An exclusive column penned for the FlashReport by U.S. Representative Edward Royce.
On Thursday, Congress overrode a President's veto and passed the 2008 farm bill, continuing one of Washington's more regrettable traditions. This year's legislation contains $25 billion in agricultural subsidies w...
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Bailout Pulls Rug Out From Under Fairer Mortgage-Restructure Plan
May 21, 2008
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The following commentary from Rep. Royce appeared in Investor's Business Daily:
Bailout Pulls Rug Out From Under Fairer Mortgage-Restructure Plan
As Congress debates the next move in addressing the current turmoil affecting U.S. capital markets, one proposal could set a devastating precedent o...
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