House International Relations Committee

• Speaker Hastert's Oral Statement Before the House International Relations Committee

WASHINGTON, May 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) made the following oral statement today at the House International Relations Committee hearing: Chairman Hyde, Ranking Member Lantos, and distinguished members of the Committee, I am honored to appear before you today to discuss a topic that is near and dear to me --- Plan Colombia. Before I start, I must recognize a great American Patriot before he retires at the end of the 109th Congress. I am talking about the distinguished gentleman from Illinois, and the Chairman of this committee, my friend and mentor, Henry Hyde.

• U.S. Newswire
• May 11, 2005

• Overview of U.S. Policy Toward Taiwan

Excerpts of the testimony given by James A. Kelly, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs at a hearing of the House International Relations Committee on Taiwan, in April 21, 2004 are presented. Kelly provided an overview of US policy toward Taiwan, as well as the Administration's assessment of relations across the Taiwan Strait, the current situation in Taiwan, and the challenges that lie ahead.

• DISAM Journal of International Security Assistance Management
• Vol. 26 Nbr. 4, July 2004

• Statement of House International Relations Committee Chairman Ed Royce to the Republican Policy Committee Immigration Forum

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a statement by House International Relations Committee chairman Ed Royce to the Republican Policy Committee immigration forum: During July, I chaired two field hearings, in San Diego and Laredo. They were well attended, by Members and the public, and generated significant media attention.

• U.S. Newswire
• September 12, 2006

• Remarks On Signing a Bill to Authorize the Extension of Nondiscriminatory Treatment to the Products of Ukraine

I really want to thank the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a man who knows what he's talking about when it comes to the world, and that's Chairman Lugar from Indiana. Thank you for coming, sir. I thank the bill sponsor, Congressman Jim Gerlach, and his wife, Karen, is here today. Thank you for coming, Mr. Congressman. Congressman Tom Lantos is with us. He's the Ranking Member of the House International Relations Committee.

• Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
• July 27, 2009

• Hyde Announces Staff Changes at House International Relations Committee

WASHINGTON, July 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- U.S. Rep. Henry J. Hyde (R- IL), chairman of the House International Relations Committee, announced on Friday the departure of a senior member of the staff of the Committee on International Relations and a reorganization of the staff of the Committee. Jonathan "Jock" Scharfen, who has served with distinction as Chief Counsel and Deputy Staff Director, has departed to assume the post of Deputy Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Jock has made a tremendous contribution to the work of the Committee and we wish him well in his new responsibilities at the Department of Homeland Security.

• U.S. Newswire
• July 07, 2006

• Contract and Fiscal Law Developments of 2005-the Year in Review

Congress again placed prohibitions in Title VII of the Appropriations Act, to include prohibiting the use funds for publicity or propaganda not authorized by Congress29 and for the purpose of influencing congressional action on any legislation or appropriation matters, either directly or indirectly.30 Congress also limited the ability of the SECDEF and the Service Secretaries to obligate funds during the last two months of the fiscal year to twenty percent of one-year appropriations contained in the Act.31 Congress again limited the availability of funds for conversion of functions of the DOD to contractors32 and prohibited the use of any appropriated funds to initiate a new installation overseas without advance notification to the appropriations committees.33 Further, Congress directed...

...During an international peacekeeping, peace enforcement, or humanitarian a..., the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representative, and the Committee ...

• Army Lawyer, The
• Nbr. 3/2006, March 2006

• Civilian Nuclear Technology and U.S.-India Relationship - Open Letter to House International Relations Committee Chairman Hyde

NEW YORK, Nov. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is an open letter from Federation of Indian Associations President Sudhir Parikh, M.D., to House International Relations Committee Chairman Henry Hyde: Dear Chairman Hyde,

• U.S. Newswire
• November 09, 2005

• House International Relations Committee Bill to Include AECA, EAA Changes, Some Triggering Administration Opposition

At the May 6, 2003 meeting of the House International Relations Committee, Chairman Hyde included in his chairman's mark an extensive section with...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English

• House International Relations Committee Hyde Praises Japan's Decision to Send Military Forces to Iraq

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- U.S. Rep. Henry J. Hyde, chairman of the House International Relations Committee, today welcomed the decision by the government of Japan to deploy troops in Iraq, and suggested that the arrival of self-defense forces in the Middle East signifies a milestone in Japan's history. Hyde's comments were made in remarks published in the Congressional Record, the official transcript of Congressional proceedings.

• U.S. Newswire
• January 27, 2004

• The Cia's 'Black Sites'

Hentoff reports the mistreatment of detainees and questions the Bush administration's action with these secret CIA prisons around the world, whose prisoners cannot be tried in the US courts. These "black sites"--as they are called in CIA, White House, and Justice Department files--escaped attempted congressional oversight until Dec 2005 with the National Defense Authorization Act. However, on Feb 10, in a party line vote, the House International Relations Committee defeated all three resolutions.

• Village Voice, The
• July 27, 2009