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Royce Opposes Democrats $825 Billion "Stimulus"
Jan 28, 2009
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Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) opposed the Democrat Leadership's proposal, an $825 billion "stimulus" package loaded with wasteful spending. Royce voted against the bill because it failed to deliver much needed economic stimulation or job creation.
"Americans around our nation are suffering. They ...
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Financial Services Members Call on Treasury to Focus on Insurance
Jan 23, 2009
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bipartisan group of Financial Services Committee members, today sent a letter to Treasury-designate, Timothy Geithner, asking him to create an office within the Treasury Department that will address the lack of insurance oversight and expertise at the federal level.
After unp...
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"Lawmakers press Geithner on US insurance oversight" from Reuters
Jan 23, 2009
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By Kevin Drawbaugh for Reuters - Seven U.S. lawmakers on Friday urged Treasury Secretary nominee Timothy Geithner to boost federal oversight of insurance companies, a long-held goal of much -- although not all -- of the insurance industry.
Democratic Rep. Melissa Bean of Illinois, Republican Rep....
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"The Big Question: Obama's Envoys" from The Hill
Jan 23, 2009
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The Big Question is a feature where influential lawmakers, pundits and interest group leaders give their answers to a question that’s driving discussion in news circles around the country. Today’s Big Question is: What are the odds Obama’s new envoys can make a difference in the Middle East, Afghan...
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Royce Celebrates Commutation of Sentences for Ramos and Compean
Jan 19, 2009
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Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) today expressed relief at the President's announcement to commute the sentences of Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean. Today's announcement comes in the final days of the President's term, when it has become customary for him to grant clemency in criminal case...
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"Bush commutation of ex-agents' sentences brings relief" from Orange County Register
Jan 19, 2009
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By Dena Bunis and Cindy Carcamo for the Orange County Register – With less than 24 hours to go in office, President George W. Bush today commuted the sentences of two former border patrol agents in federal prison for shooting a fleeing Mexican drug dealer.
Two Orange County lawmakers who have bee...
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"House Debates Conditions for Rest of TARP Funds" from American Banker
Jan 14, 2009
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By Stacy Kaper for the American Banker -- Democrats and Republicans squared off Tuesday over whether the incoming Obama administration should be given the remaining $350 billion in Troubled Asset Relief Program funds.
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank said he had introduced...
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Royce Urges President to Commute Sentence of Border Patrol Agents
Jan 14, 2009
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As President Bush's last week in office comes to a close, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), joined his colleagues at a press conference in the U.S. Capitol to urge the President to commute the sentences of Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean.
"I am here today because we are in the final days...
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"Lawmakers implore Bush to free ex-border agents" from Orange County Register
Jan 14, 2009
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By Dena Bunis for the Orange County Register -- With just six days left of the Bush presidency, Rep.Dana Rohrabacher and a group of a dozen House members, including Rep. Ed Royce, held a press conference today to again implore the president to pardon or commute the sentences of the two ex-border p...
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GOP lawmakers ask: To bailout or not to bailout?
Jan 13, 2009
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By Ronald D. Orol for MarketWatch -- House Republicans clashed with Democrats on Tuesday over whether Congress should release the second half of a $700 billion bank bailout bill and if it is approved what conditions should be attached to it.
"We're seeing this transform into a grab bag, to get t...
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