Edward Randall Royce was born on October 12,1951 and is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from California from 1993 to 2019.
33 Facts About Ed Royce
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Ed Royce previously served as a member of the California Senate from 1982 to 1993.
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Ed Royce was reelected to his seat in 2016, having spent over $3.5 million on his campaign.
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On January 8,2018, Ed Royce announced that he would retire from Congress at the end of his term and not run for reelection in 2018.
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In September 2020, Ed Royce joined the law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck.
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Ed Royce is currently registered as a foreign agent for Saudi Arabia's foreign ministry.
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Ed Royce graduated from Katella High School in Anaheim, California.
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Ed Royce earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting and Finance in 1977 from California State University, Fullerton.
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Ed Royce was a business owner and corporate tax manager for a Portland cement company before becoming a California State Senator in 1983, serving in that post until his election to the US House of Representatives.
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Ed Royce won the Republican primary for what was then California's 39th congressional district, which included most of northern Orange County and southern Los Angeles County.
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Ed Royce voted in favor of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
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Thirty minutes following his announcement, President Trump formally nominated Royce's wife Marie Royce to be Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs.
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In retiring, Ed Royce joined the "casualty list" of 36 Republican members of the 115th Congress who have left or announced their intention to leave the House of Representatives.
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Over his career, Ed Royce has received nearly $7 million from PACs.
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Ed Royce received praise from the American Share Holders Association, Citizens for a Sound Economy, and the Small Business Survival Committee.
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Ed Royce has sponsored legislation on tax policy, small businesses, and credit.
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Ed Royce is among the representatives receiving the largest percentage of their campaign contributions from the banking industry.
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Ed Royce has a "C" rating from NORML regarding his voting record on cannabis-related matters.
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Ed Royce voted against allowing veterans access to medical marijuana, if legal in their state, per their Veterans Health Administration doctor's recommendation.
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Ed Royce has a "A" rating from the National Rifle Association of America regarding his voting record on gun-related matters.
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Ed Royce has received 14 "Taxpayer Friend Awards" from the National Taxpayers' Union.
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Ed Royce opposes funding for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
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Ed Royce sponsored anti-stalking legislation signed into law by President Bill Clinton, which was based on legislation Ed Royce had authored as a California State Senator.
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In 2011, Ed Royce voted against the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 as part of a controversial provision that allows the government and the military to indefinitely detain American citizens and others without trial.
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Later, in 2017, after Donald Trump had become President, Ed Royce said that he was in favor of staying in the Iran nuclear agreement.
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Ed Royce serves as a senior member of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia.
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Ed Royce and has been especially involved in policy regarding North Korea, working on issues such as human rights, counterfeiting of US currency, nuclear proliferation, and stopping repatriation of refugees.
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Ed Royce's district includes Fullerton, which has a large population of Korean immigrants.
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Ed Royce was a supporter of the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Ed Royce had a mixed voting record on the 2011 US involvement in Libya.
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Ed Royce co-led, with Colin Powell, a delegation to observe Nigeria's historic elections in 1999 and led a delegation to Darfur to bring attention to the ongoing genocide in 2005 and led efforts in the House to bring Charles Taylor, the former President of Liberia, to stand trial before the Special Court of Sierra Leone.
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In January 2017, Ed Royce introduced a House resolution condemning the UN Security Council Resolution 2334, which condemned Israeli settlement building in the occupied Palestinian territories as a violation of international law.
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Ed Royce is married to Marie Therese Porter, a businesswoman, former professor at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and the Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs.