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April 2019
Date Title
4/23/19 Engel, McCaul Urge Administration to Reconsider Aid Cuts to Central America
4/19/19 Engel Statement on Mueller Report Foreign Policy Implications
4/17/19 Engel Statement on Changes to U.S. Policy Toward Cuba
4/17/19 House Chairs Demand AG Barr Cancel Press Conference on Mueller Report
4/17/19 Engel Statement on Trump’s Veto of Yemen War Powers Resolution
4/17/19 Engel on Implementation of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act
4/12/19 Engel, Lowey, Deutch, Schneider Statement on a Two-State Solution
4/11/19 Engel Statement on the Coup & Transitional Government in Sudan
4/11/19 Engel Statement on the Arrest of Julian Assange
4/10/19 Engel Remarks at Full Committee Hearing on the Importance of U.S. Assistance to Central America
4/10/19 Committee Chairs Push for Release of Unredacted Mueller Report to Congress
4/9/19 Engel Remarks at Full Committee Markup of H.R. 9
4/9/19 Engel Statement at Foreign Assistance Budget Hearing
4/8/19 House Foreign Affairs Committee Democrats Demand State Department Transparency on Afghanistan
4/4/19 Engel, Nadler, Lofgren, Jayapal, Espaillat Question Customs and Border Protection Move of Detainees
4/4/19 Engel Statement on NATO Anniversary
4/4/19 Engel Floor Remarks on Yemen War Powers Resolution
4/3/19 Readout of Meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister
4/2/19 Keating Opening Statement at Climate Change Hearing
4/2/19 Engel & McCaul Introduce Legislation to Reaffirm American Commitment to Taiwan
4/1/19 Engel, Nadler, Lofgren, Jayapal, Espaillat Examine Detention Conditions in El Paso
March 2019
Date Title
3/30/19 In El Salvador, Engel, Nadler, Lofgren, Jayapal, Espaillat Condemn President Trump Cutting Aid to Central America
3/29/19 Engel, McCaul Joint Statement on U.S.-Colombia Relations
3/28/19 Engel Calls for Action to Counter White Nationalist International Terrorism
3/27/19 Engel Remarks at Full Committee Hearing on State Department’s 2020 Budget Request
3/27/19 Engel Remarks at Press Conference on H.R. 9: Climate Action Now Act
3/26/19 Engel Statement on World Tuberculosis Day
3/25/19 House Committee Chairs Demand DOJ Release Full Mueller Report & Underlying Evidence to Congress
3/22/19 House Committee Chairs Joint Statement Calling for Full Disclosure of Mueller Report from DOJ and Release of Underlying Evidence to Relevant Com
3/22/19 Engel Statement on North Korea Sanctions
3/22/19 Engel Remarks at Full Committee Markup of H.R. 920, H.R. 854, H.R. 1477
3/22/19 FACT SHEET: The Trump Administration’s Plan to Ease Regulations on Weapons Exports
3/21/19 Engel Statement on Kazakhstan Presidential Transition
3/21/19 Chairmen Cummings, Engel, Schiff Statement Responding to White House Letter on Trump-Putin Communications
3/18/19 House National Security Chairmen and Ranking Members Joint Statement on Iraq Security
3/15/19 Engel Statement on Massacre in New Zealand
3/15/19 Engel & Menendez to Pompeo: Turn Over Documents on Political Targeting of Career Employees at State Department
3/13/19 Engel & McCaul Offer Legislation Reaffirming the Pillars of American Foreign Policy
3/13/19 Engel Remarks at Full Committee Hearing on NATO
3/11/19 Engel Presses for Action on Cameroon's Crackdown on Political Expression Files
3/11/19 Engel Statement on White House Foreign Affairs Budget Request
3/8/19 House Chairs Introduce Resolution on Mueller Report
3/8/19 Engel Decries Reported State Department Retaliation Against Journalist for Criticizing Trump
3/8/19 Engel Statement on Paul Whelan Treatment by Russian Authorities
3/7/19 Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Prevent Conflict and Violence in Fragile Countries Files
3/7/19 Engel Remarks at Full Committee Markup of H.Res. 75, H.R. 739, H.Res. 156, H.R. 596, H.R. 295
3/4/19 House Chairmen Request Documents and Interviews on President Trump's Communications with Putin
3/4/19 House Foreign Affairs Committee Demands Administration Response to China's Human Rights Abuses Files
3/1/19 Engel Statement on Representative Omar's Comments
February 2019
Date Title
2/28/19 Engel Statement on Senate Republicans Blocking Yemen War Resolution
2/28/19 Engel Statement on India-Pakistan Hostilities
2/28/19 Engel to Pompeo: Raise Human Rights Concerns with Duterte Government
2/28/19 Engel Statement on North Korea Summit
2/27/19 Engel Remarks at Full Committee Hearing on Trump Administration Foreign Policy
2/27/19 Engel & McCaul Introduce Legislation Pushing for Accountability for the Boris Nemtsov Assassination
2/27/19 House Foreign Affairs Committee Leadership Calls on Administration to Recognize Rohingya Genocide
2/27/19 Engel Statement on the Fifth Anniversary of Russia’s Occupation of Crimea
2/26/19 House Foreign Affairs Committee Presses Administration for Answers on U.S. Weapons with Al-Qaeda Groups in Yemen Files
2/26/19 Democratic Leaders to Pompeo: Continue Funding the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
2/25/19 Engel Statement on United Kingdom’s Hizballah Terrorist Designation
2/25/19 Engel Remarks on the Trump Administration’s North Korea Policy
2/22/19 House Chairs Tell Barr They Expect Mueller Report to Be Made Public
2/21/19 Engel, Smith, & Schiff to Trump: Stop Withholding Information on North Korea from Congress
2/15/19 House Foreign Affairs Committee Leadership Statement on Nigerian Elections
2/14/19 Engel Announces Vice Chairs for Foreign Affairs Subcommittees
2/14/19 Readout of Engel Meeting with South Korean National Assembly Delegation
2/14/19 Trump Appointee Has Avoided Investigation and Should Face Discipline, New DHS Memo Says
2/13/19 Engel Remarks at Full Committee Hearing on Venezuela
2/13/19 Engel Floor Remarks on War Powers Resolution
2/12/19 Hoyer & Engel Statement on Venezuela
2/12/19 House Foreign Affairs Committee Calls for Administration Action to Protect Democracy in Bangladesh
2/12/19 Bipartisan, Bicameral Group of Lawmakers Offers Legislation on U.S.-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Cooperation
2/11/19 Engel Statement on Representative Omar’s Comments
2/8/19 Torres, Engel Introduce Bill to Block Trump Administration Proposal to Regulate Firearm Exports
2/8/19 Engel Statement on the Administration Ignoring Congress on Khashoggi Murder
2/6/19 Readout of Engel Meeting with Carlos Vecchio
2/6/19 Engel Remarks at Full Committee Markup of War Powers Resolution on U.S. Involvement in Yemen
2/6/19 Engel Remarks at Full Committee Hearing on U.S. Policy in the Arabian Peninsula
2/6/19 Engel, McCaul Call for U.S. Support of North Macedonia NATO Membership Files
2/5/19 Chairman Engel speaks at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
2/5/19 Engel Statement on Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism
2/1/19 Engel Statement on Trump Administration INF Withdrawal
2/1/19 Engel Statement on Pentagon’s ISIS Report
2/1/19 Engel Announces First Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing and Markup
January 2019
Date Title
1/29/19 WATCH: Full Committee Organizational Meeting
1/29/19 Engel Announces Foreign Affairs Subcommittee Democrats and Committee Vice Chair
1/28/19 Engel Statement on Afghanistan
1/28/19 Engel Statement on New Venezuela Sanctions
1/27/19 Engel Statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
1/25/19 Engel, McCaul, Bass, and Smith Introduce Bipartisan Resolution Condemning Terrorist Attack in Kenya Files
1/24/19 Engel & McCaul Urge Pompeo to Prioritize Safety of U.S. Diplomats in Venezuela
1/23/19 Engel Statement on Venezuela
1/22/19 Engel & McCaul Applaud House Passage of Syria Sanctions Bill
1/22/19 Engel Floor Remarks on NATO Support Act
1/18/19 Engel Statement on Canceled Congressional Delegation
1/17/19 Engel Remarks on Russia Sanctions Resolution
1/17/19 Engel Statement on the Deaths of Four Americans in Syria
1/17/19 Engel Announces Democratic Foreign Affairs Committee Members and First Hearing Topic
1/16/19 Engel Statement on Protests in Zimbabwe
1/15/19 Engel Pushes State Department to Address Concerns About DRC Elections Files