Long-Time Armenian Issues Advocate Ed Royce to Retire from Congress
January 8, 2018
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) speaking at the ANCA Western Region Grassroots Conference on a panel titled, “Politics in Action: Congress on our Side,” with Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and moderated by Politico’s Senior Politics Editor Charlie Mahtesian.
WASHINGTON””The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and a long-time advocate for Armenian issues in Congress Ed Royce (R-Calif.) announced on Monday that he will not seek re-election this year.
“In this final year of my Foreign Affairs Committee chairmanship, I want to focus fully on the urgent threats facing our nation, including: the brutal, corrupt and dangerous regimes in Pyongyang and Tehran, Vladimir Putin’s continued efforts to weaponize information to fracture western democracies, and growing terrorist threats in Africa and Central Asia,”
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