U.S. Representative Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement in reaction to today's announced sentencing of former Liberian President Charles Taylor. Read more

Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4240, The North Korea Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2012. As an original cosponsor of the bill, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) praised the legislation: "Perhaps nowhere else is a focus on human rights more needed than North Korea," said Royce. "This legislation not only brings much needed attention to the plight of the North Korean people, but it continues to emphasize broadcasting into North Korea as a way to shatter the illusion of a worker’s paradis... Read more

Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, gave the following remarks at the eighteenth annual Vietnam Human Rights Day, which marks the 1994 signing of House-Senate Joint Resolution SJ 168 designating May 11 as Vietnam Human Rights Day. Read more

U.S. Representative Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement in reaction to today's announced verdict in the Special Court for Sierra Leone trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor. Read more

Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) welcomed reports that the Chinese government has halted its practice of repatriating North Korean refugees. For years, China had disregarded its international treaty obligations and sent home North Korean refugees who fled severe persecution. Read more

Representative Ed Royce (R-CA) made the following comments in light of Thursday's rocket launch by North Korea: "Reports of failure are good news. Three stage rockets, a nuclear program and the North Korean regime's hostility are a very dangerous combination. I have no doubt that North Korea will be back at it though, determined to build its rocket capacity. "Failure or not, this launch underscores the desperate need for the U.S. and our friends to develop a new, comprehensive North Korea policy... Read more

Representatives from Invisible Children, creators of the "Kony 2012" video, joined Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) at his district office this morning to discuss legislation Royce recently introduced which spotlights the atrocities of Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army. Royce was joined by Invisible Children's Akiyu Stella Mistica, who lost multiple family members to LRA violence and was nearly abducted herself. Read more

Invisible Children, creators of the "Kony 2012" video, and Representative Ed Royce (R-CA) will host a press conference tomorrow to discuss legislation Royce recently introduced which spotlights the atrocities of Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army. Read more

Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) today introduced a Congressional resolution (H.Res. 583) spotlighting the atrocities of Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army and supporting U.S. efforts to counter the LRA. Read more

Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, made the following statement during today's hearing entitled, "The State Department’s Rewards Programs: Performance and Potential": Read more