mr. royce: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and stepped their remarks and to include any extraneous material into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. royce: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. royce: i rise in strong support of this house concurrent resolution 88 and i would like to recognize mr. chabot for his long standing dedication and support for the people of tie juan. mr. speaker, tie juan has always been a strong -- taiwan has been a strong trend and critical jool eye to the united states. congress has championed a strong relationship like the taiwan relations act and through successive administrations to fulfill their obligations to sell defensive arms to taiwan. taiwan is now the united states' ninth largest trading partner and it is in the u.s. interest to have a stable and a prosperous taiwan. it is an exciting time in taiwan. in january, a free a

mr. royce: mr. joe wilson of south carolina. mr. wilson: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield 10 seconds to my colleague from california, mr. rohrabacher. mr. rohrabacher: just to answer mr. connolly's point which was, yes, the reagan administration it was different. the fact is that in the reagan our goal was to bring down the soviet union. even as we negotiated with them on various treaties, we had efforts all across the globe to bring down that government, which section actly what we should be doing with the mule why -- mullah regime and we are not doing. mr. wilson: thank you very much. i want to thank also congressman -- the ranking member, eliot engel. i was grateful to actually vote with both of them opposing this dangerous deal. sadly, as we hear more and more about it, it becomes more dangerous. and it's so sad that we have a mullah regime which is suppressing the dynamic people of iran that continue as was cited to proclaim death to america, death to israel. that is -- has not changed. i just

mr. royce: mr. cicilline of rhode island. mr. cicilline: thank you, mr. chairman and witnesses. i appreciate the testimony with respect to the compliance. i think for many of us who supported this deal we are pleased that compliance with the requirements have been met. that iran has taken the steps required. i think part of the challenge for us, though, is we were told during this process that getting the nuclear issue off the table was so critical and that we actually could expect iran would engage in additional destabilizing activity. in fact, people suggested some of the resource that is they would have access to and some of the political needs that the regime would have would cause them to be worse in many areas. in terrorism and human rights and other areas. so we were assured that this would give us an opportunity to push back hard in these other areas because the danger of a nuclear iran would be off the table. i was persuaded by that. i'm very interested to hear the administration's efforts

mr. royce. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. royce: i would oppose this amendment which would unilaterally end the fight against isis and al qaeda. mr. speaker, isis grew out of al qaeda in iraq. the president has determined that the 2001 aumf allows the united states to target isis. both the secretary of defense and chairman of the joint chief agree that they have full legal authority to combat isis, and congress has supported that view by appropriating funds. many members want to enact a new aumf to renew the authority to fight isis and support our troops, but this amendment fails to do so. we must understand that a new aumf cannot give president obama any more authority to fight isis than he currently claims. it could give him less. the president asked for less in his proposal. it's clear many want an aumf that limits the authority of this president and the next president. the administration still does not have the broad overafternooning strategy needed to defeat --

mr. ed royce. >> i just would start by thanking chris smith for holding this hearing at exactly the right now is the time we have got to get the attention of the international community on these human rights abuses. so, yes, in a few weeks, the president of the united states is going to be traveling to vietnam, and while maintaining peace in the south china cease and improving trade ties is an important shared goal, the administration must carefully take into account vietnam's human rights abuses as this relationship develops. that is the conundrum, because this is has not gotten better. i have med with the venerable other religious leaders when they were under house arrest. i heard about the circumstances. i check in with human rights ngos, and as we all know, this is situation is not improving. human rights have got to be at the very top of the president's agenda. the reality as we all know is that vietnam remain a one-party communist state with significant human rights abuses. as we will hear today from the wife of the lawyer and activist, and i want to thank chris smith for his effort

mr. royce: this hearing will come to order. last week, a commander in iran's islamic revolutionary guard core made headlines around the world for boasting that iran could wipe out israel in less than eight minutes, and remember this is the same iran that secretary kerry is promoting as open for business. sadly in the four months since the nuclear agreement with iran was implemented few things have surprised me. i expected iran to continue full speed ahead with its intercontinental ballistic missile program, and it has testing, two icbms. and remember as the secretary of defense says, intercontinental means able to reach from there to here. we have also seen the testing of ballistic missiles, and in case we misconstrue their intent, on the side of these ballistic missiles were the words "israel must be destroyed" in farsi but also in hebrew. it is no surprise that iran's abysmal human rights record continues, the executions continue, the torturing at evin prison continues, two more americans have now been taken hostage. and it i

. >> mr. royce. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you to witnesses for joining us today. experts have deemed the united kingdom's retail distribution review as being effectively i y identical to the labor department's rule in the eye of just not industry but the eyes of the british government itself, implementation of the rdr review, created what they called an advice gap that locked out middle and lower income savers from investment advice. i've studied the johnson report about the department of labor's communications with the s.e.c. during the lead-up to the rules release. i share the senator's frustration with the department's lack of cooperation in releasing all of its communication with the commission regarding this rule. so i am going to ask mr. flannery, did the d.o.l. and the s.e.c. communicate about the impact of great britain's rdr on british consumers and, if so, to what extent? and if not, why did the s.e.c. not think it relevant to reference the fact that a developed economy has already implemented a rule, similar to the d.o.l.'s rule, and this was no longer

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mr. ed royce. >>> i just would start by thanking chris smith for holding this hearing at exactly the right time. now is the time we have got to get the attention of the international community on these human rights abuses. so, yes, in a few weeks, the president of the united states is going to be traveling to vietnam, and while maintaining peace in the south china cease and improving trade ties is an important shared goal, the administration must carefully take into account vietnam's human rights abuses as this relationship develops. that is the conundrum, because this is has not gotten better. i have med with the venerable other religious leaders when they were under house arrest. i heard about the circumstances. i check in with human rights ngos, and as we all know, this is situation is not improving. human rights have got to be at the very top of the president's agenta. the reality as we all know is that vietnam remain a one-party communist state with significant human rights abuses. as we will hear today from the wife of the lawyer and activist, and i want to thank chris smith for his

mr. ed royce. >> i just would start by thanking chris smith for holding this hearing at exactly the right time because now is the time we have got to get the attention of the international community on these human rights abuses. and so, yes, in a few weeks the president of the united states is going to be traveling to vietnam and while maintaining peace notice south china sea and improving trade ties is an important shared goal, the administration must carefully take into account vietnam's human rights abuses as this relationship develops. and that is the conundrum because this has not gotten better. i've met with the venerable leaders as well as religious leaders in vietnam when they were under house arrest years ago. i heard about the circumstances. i check in with human rights ngos and as we all know, this situation is not improving. human rights have got to be at the very top of the president's agenda. no matter how the administration frames our relationship, the reality, as we all know, that vietnam remains a one party communist state. with significant human rights abuses. and as we

mr. holding: let me begin by thanking chairman thornberry and chairman royce for their assistance in helpingcraft this amendment and also let me thank dr. g member engel and farrell. this is a testament to the broad bipartisan support to the u.s.-india relationship here in congress. our agreement is straightforward, seeking greater defense trade and encourage additional military cooperation between the united states and india. i believe that requiring our government to take actions such as strengthening the defense technologied a trade initialtive and encouraging trade with india we can make certain that the u.s.-india defense relationship endures. mr. chairman, given the dynamic nature of the region and its importance to our own national security and future economic growth, now is the time to build on recent successes and propel the u.s.-india strategic partnership forward. i thank the chairman and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from texas. mr. thornberry: i yield back the balance of my time and urge adoption. the chair: all time for debate has expired. th

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