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  • Royce Continues Fight to Commute Sentences of Ramos and Compean
    Nov 20, 2008  - During today's press conference, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) joined his colleagues to request that Mr. Ronald Rogers, Pardon Attorney, submit his recommendation to the President to commute the sentences of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean. "It is incomprehensible to me that an illegal alien drug smuggler w... More
  • Royce Introduces Legislation Calling for Vietnam to be Returned to list of "Countries of Particular Concern"
    Nov 19, 2008  - Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives calling on the U.S. government to re-designate Vietnam on the list of "Countries of Particular Concern" for gross violations of religious freedom. "This Resolution will put the House of Representatives on recor... More
  • Royce Oped: Bailout plan could mutate into a gravy train of tax money
    Nov 13, 2008  - 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... More
  • Royce Reacts to Guilty Verdict in Trial of Charles "Chuckie" Taylor, Son of Liberian Despot
    Oct 30, 2008  - Today, federal jurors convicted Charles "Chuckie" Taylor Jr., the son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, on torture and conspiracy charges. Taylor was found guilty on one count of torture, one count of conspiracy to commit torture and one count of possession of a firearm during the commi... More
  • NumbersUSA Announces Immigration- Reduction Leaders
    Oct 27, 2008  - NumbersUSA recognizes Ed Royce (R-CA) and these Members of Congress as having earned a high NumbersUSA Immigration-Reduction Grades in their parties out of 435 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives. They outperformed 95 percent of their colleagues. "As Grade-A Representatives for sensible... More
  • Royce Calls for Vietnam to Return to list of "Countries of Particular Concern"
    Oct 14, 2008  - At a townhall meeting with the Vietnamese American community held in Orange County, CA on October 10, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) announced his intention to introduce a resolution in the House of Representatives calling on the U.S. government to reinstate Vietnam on the list of "Countries of Particular C... More
  • Royce Reacts to North Korea’s Removal from State Sponsor of Terrorism List
    Oct 11, 2008  - Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), the Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, released the following statement in response to news that North Korea is being removed from the State Department’s list of statesponsors of terrorism. The reward come... More
  • U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Michalak, Royce Attend Vietnamese American Townhall
    Oct 10, 2008  - Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), an original cosponsor of the Vietnam Human Rights Act, welcomed U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Michael Michalak to a townhall meeting for the Vietnamese American community to discuss U.S.-Vietnam relations. Royce has made human rights his number one priority in U.S.-Vietna... More
  • U.S.-India Civilian Nuclear Agreement Signed into Law
    Oct 8, 2008  - Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) hailed the enactment today of the landmark U.S.-India civilian nuclear agreement as it was signed into law at the White House. Today's ceremony comes after the legislation passed Congress in the final days of the legislative session. In the House of Representatives, the initia... More
  • Royce Discusses Bailout Vote
    Oct 3, 2008  - 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 prevent similar econ... More