Ed Royce (politician)

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Ed Royce
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 40th district
Assumed office
January 3, 2003
Preceded byJerry Lewis
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 39th district
In office
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003
Preceded byWilliam E. Dannemeyer
Succeeded byLinda Sánchez
Member of the California State Senate
from the 32nd district
In office
1982–1993
Preceded byJohn G. Schmitz
Succeeded byRob Hurtt
Personal details
Born (1951-10-12) October 12, 1951 (age 72)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseMarie Therese Porter Royce
Residence(s)Fullerton, California, U.S.
Alma materCalifornia State University, Fullerton
OccupationTax consultant

Edward Randall "Ed" Royce (born October 12, 1951) is the U.S. Representative for California's 40th congressional district, and previously the 39th, serving in Congress since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district lies in northern Orange County, including portions of Stanton, Cypress, Buena Park, Fullerton, Anaheim, Placentia, and Orange. Redistricting will force Royce to run in the newly created 39th congressional district in 2012. Rep. Gary Miller has decided to run in the 31st district rather than oppose Royce in the 39th. Currently, Ed Royce is running against Democratic challenger Jay Chen.

Early life, education, and pre-congressional career

Born in Los Angeles, California, and graduating from Katella High School in Anaheim, Royce went on to earn his B.A. in Accounting and Finance in 1977 from the California State University, Fullerton. It took seven years for Royce to graduate, during which Royce took at least one student deferment to avoid going to the Vietnam War. He 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 U.S. House of Representatives. Royce is married to the former Marie Porter.

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

After redistricting following the 1990 United States Census, incumbent Republican U.S. Representative William Dannemeyer decided to retire and run for the 1992 U.S. Senate election. Ed Royce, a State Senator, won the Republican primary for California's 39th congressional district and defeated Democrat Molly McClanahan in the general election with 57% of the vote.[1] He won re-election to the 39th district four more times with at least 63% of the vote. After redistricting after the 2000 United States Census, his district was renumbered the 40th, and won re-election five more times, with at least 63% of the vote.[2]

Tenure

GovTrack rates Royce as a "moderate Republican,"[3] based an analysis of the bills he has sponsored. 58 percent of his campaign contributions come from individuals and 34 percent are from PACs. Of the PAC contributions, 96 percent were from business groups, none from labor, and 4 percent from single-issue groups.[4] The Sunlight Foundation gave Royce's web site a 24 percent rating for transparency,[5] with 40 percent being considered a passing score. Royce's website highlights support from conservative[6] and business organizations such as the National Taxpayers Union, Citizens Against Government Waste, and 60 Plus. On the Issues defines Royce as a hard-core conservative and his American Conservative Union lifetime score is 98 percent.

Domestic policy

Royce's voting record, his scores on VoteMatch, and ratings by Cato Institute indicate mixed or moderate positions on free trade,[7][8] privatization of social security,[7] campaign finance,[7] and tax reform.[8]

Royce's most important focus as a representative has been banking deregulation. The legislation he has sponsored shows a focus on tax policy, small businesses, credit, and deregulation of banking,[9] and many of his biggest campaign contributors have been banks: his five top contributors in 2006 were Credit Union National Assn, Irvine Co., Wells Fargo, Orange County Teachers Fed Credit Union, and GUS plc. He is among the representatives receiving the largest percentage of their campaign contributions from the banking industry.[10]

Royce is a fiscal conservative. He was co-chair of the House "porkbusters" coalition.[11] As part of the porkbusters, he supported a deficit lockbox amendment, and he got a rules change requiring unauthorized spending to be listed separately in appropriations bills.[12] Royce is a signer of the Taxpayer Protection Pledge.[13] He has received 14 "Taxpayer Friend Awards" from the National Taxpayers' Union.[14] Royce opposes funding for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC).[15] Royce feels that these overseas investments expose taxpayers to a serious potential liability, just like the S&L crisis did.[16]

Royce is a social conservative,[7] having voted against same-sex marriage and gay adoption, and in favor of school prayer and school vouchers.[8] He has a 92 percent rating from the Christian Coalition in terms of his voting record on families and children.[8] He is pro-life,[7] his votes resulting in NARAL's most consistent possible score.[8] He has voted in favor of a constitutional amendment forbidding flag burning, and in favor of making the USA PATRIOT Act permanent.[8] He has an A rating from the NRA.[8]

Royce was criticized for attending an anti-Muslim rally in his home county, in which members of anti-Muslim groups supported by Royce chanted at Muslim-American families attending a charity event that they should "go home." Royce replied that the anti-Muslim chants were done by a splinter group, not the main group of protesters, and he disavowed the chants, saying "those remarks and conduct were disrespectful and offensive".[17][18]

As a state senator[19] and US representative,[20] Royce sponsored bills and ballot initiatives on stalking and victims' rights.[21][22][23]

Foreign policy

In foreign policy, Royce's voting record has earned the most pro-military possible rating from SANE.[8] In 2002, he voted in favor of authorizing President George W. Bush to use force in Iraq.[24] In 2003, he voted yes on an emergency appropriation of $78 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.[8] In every year from 2003 to 2006, he has voted in favor of the annual supplemental spending bill to continue funding for the Iraq war.[24][25] In 2005, he voted against Amendment 214 to HR 1815, which called on Bush to develop a plan for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq; in favor of Amendment 488 to HR 2601 to keep troops in Iraq; and in favor of HR 612 opposing a timetable for withdrawal of troops from Iraq.[26] In 2006, he voted for HR 861, a resolution labeling the war in Iraq as part of a global war against terrorism.[24] Royce had a mixed voting record on the 2011 US involvement in Libya.[27]

Royce is a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, serving as a Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade in the 110th Congress. In previous Congresses, Royce served as chairman of the International Relations Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation. During his tenure as Chairman of the Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation, Royce held hearings on Islamic terrorist threats and weapons of mass destruction. Royce led efforts in the House to either secure or destroy shoulder-fired missiles around the world that otherwise may be susceptible to terrorists.[28] In the summer of 2006, Royce held much publicized Congressional hearings in San Diego, California, and Laredo, Texas, focusing on border vulnerabilities and international terrorism.[29]

Royce also serves as a senior member of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia. He and has been especially involved in policy regarding North Korea, working on issues such as human rights, counterfeiting of U.S. currency, nuclear proliferation,[30] and stopping repatriation of refugees.[31] Royce's district includes Fullerton, which has a large population of Korean immigrants. He has supported U.S. broadcasting efforts in Asia, initiating legislation to create Radio Free Asia and Radio Free Afghanistan on the model of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.[32]

He is chair of the Africa Subcommitte,[33] Royce co-led with Colin Powell a delegation to observe Nigeria's historic elections in 1999 and led a delegation into Darfur, Sudan 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.[34]

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

References

  1. ^ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=27873
  2. ^ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=812
  3. ^ GovTrack: Edward (Ed) Royce
  4. ^ Ed Royce: Campaign Finance/Money - Contributions - Congressman 2008
  5. ^ Congressional Web Site Investigation Project: Sunlight Foundation[dead link]
  6. ^ The web site of United Seniors Association describes the organization as a "conservative advocacy group," [1][dead link]. The web site of 60 Plus states that '60 Plus has been described as an "anti-tax advocacy group" and an "increasingly influential lobbying group for the elderly...often viewed as the conservative alternative to the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)."', [2]
  7. ^ a b c d e Ed Royce on VoteMatch
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i Ed Royce on the Issues
  9. ^ Search Results - THOMAS (Library of Congress)
  10. ^ Races to Watch IX: Wall Street’s Favorite Candidates - OpenSecrets Blog | OpenSecrets
  11. ^ http://www.nationaljournal.com/almanac/2008/people/ca/rep_ca40.php
  12. ^ Marquette University Libraries /All Locations
  13. ^ Current Taxpayer Protection Pledge Signers
  14. ^ Government Bytes: The Official Blog of National Taxpayers Union
  15. ^ Corporate Welfare OPIC
  16. ^ Corporate Welfare Reform - Reason Magazine
  17. ^ Adams, Richard (2011-03-03). "The ugly face of Islamophobia in Orange County, California". London: Guardian. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
  18. ^ Bell, Melissa (2011-03-04). "Anti-Muslim videos spark anger; pro-Muslim rally planned for March 6 (#mar6)". Washington Post. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  19. ^ "Clinton Signs O.C.-Born Bill Outlawing Stalking Legislation: The law, authored by Rep. Ed Royce, makes pursuit across state lines a federal felony" Los Angeles Times, September 24, 1996
  20. ^ L.A. Lawyer
  21. ^ "Almanac of American Politics 1998", by National Journal
  22. ^ "Prop. 115's roots linked to Justice Rose Bird era", The Orange County Register, May 18, 1990
  23. ^ http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_senate_hearings&docid=f:89328.wais
  24. ^ a b c United for Peace & Justice : Legislative Resources
  25. ^ January 2007 - House Of Representative Voting Records | Voices for Creative Nonviolence CIV
  26. ^ Peace Action
  27. ^ http://www.thepoliticalguide.com/rep_bios.php?rep_id=25382195&category=views&id=743961076769
  28. ^ [3], [4]
  29. ^ [5], [6], [7], [8]
  30. ^ "Kim the Counterfeiter," by Ed Royce, March 10, 2007, http://www.wsj.com
  31. ^ Daily NK - Green Light on U.S. Legislation to Help North Korean Refugees in China
  32. ^ Radio Free Afghanistan Celebrates Five Years Of Broadcasting - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2010
  33. ^ [9]. [10]
  34. ^ [11], [12][dead link]

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