Rep. Ed Royce (R-Fullerton) today announced the launch of his Human Trafficking Congressional Advisory Committee (HTCAC) which will hold its inaugural meeting at Royce’s Los Angeles County district office. Read more

U.S. Rep. Ed Royce, (R-Fullerton), an advocate for human-trafficking victims, said more resources now are going to help girls drawn into prostitution, such as fining offenders to fund social services for the girls. Read more

Call them Orange County's bipartisan human rights caucus: Reps. Loretta Sanchez, D-Santa Ana, Alan Lowenthal, D-Long Beach, and Ed Royce, R-Fullerton, stood together Tuesday morning to call for human rights in Vietnam and for the White House to help advance the cause. Read more

For Royce, the reasons to pass the legislation are two-fold. First, he said, he has met with North Korean defectors. One young man he met was born in a North Korean prison camp Read more

The Fullerton congressman will chair a hearing on the subject Tuesday. Read more

Today, the House of Representative passed by unanimous consent H.Res.775, legislation condemning the shooting that killed six innocent people at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin on August 5. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Co-Chairman of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, praised the bill’s passage. Royce, an original cosponsor, had pledged to work to quickly bring the bill to the floor for a vote. Read more

Rep. Ed Royce's legislation passes the House; bill revises and updates the State Department’s rewards program, currently focused mainly on terrorists and drug traffickers. Read more

Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously passed H. Res. 583, a resolution expressing support for U.S. efforts to assist African forces in the hunt for Joseph Kony, the sadistic leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army. Read more

Today, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs convened a markup of H.Res. 506, which calls upon the Government of Turkey to reopen the Ecumenical Patriarchate's Theological School of Halki without condition or further delay. Read more

Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously backed H.R. 4405, legislation designed to hold the worst Russian human rights abusers accountable. The legislation, opposed by the Obama Administration, would deny visas and freeze assets of Russian officials responsible for corruption and human rights abuses. Read more