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November 2019
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11/4/19 Committees Release Testimony of Yovanovitch and McKinley as Part of New Public Phase of Impeachment Inquiry
11/4/19 Engel Statement on Trump Pulling Out of Paris Agreement
October 2019
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10/31/19 Engel Floor Remarks on Resolution for Open Hearings on Trump’s Abuse of Power
10/31/19 Engel Statement on Lebanon
10/30/19 Engel Remarks at Full Committee Markup of H.R. 2153, H.Res. 189, H.Res. 230, H.R. 1771, H.Res. 410, H.Res. 349, H.R.4754, S.178, H.Res. 585, H.R. 554, H.R. 2881, H.R. 3763, H.Res. 446, H.R. 1819, H.R. 4802, H.R. 4862, H.Res. 649, H.Res. 546
10/29/19 Engel Turkey Sanctions Bill Passes House with Overwhelming Bipartisan Vote
10/29/19 Four Chairs Statement on Resolution for Open Hearings on Trump’s Abuse of Power
10/29/19 Engel Floor Statement on Armenian Genocide Resolution
10/29/19 Engel and Menendez Raise Alarms about Administration Failures to Constrain Russian Nuclear Forces Files
10/28/19 Engel Demands Answers on the Misuse of U.S. Weapons in Yemen
10/27/19 Engel Statement on Baghdadi Raid
10/25/19 OMB and State Department Officials Subpoenaed in House Impeachment Inquiry
10/23/19 Three Chairs Send Letter to State Department Demanding Release of Key Documents
10/23/19 Engel Statement on President Trump Lifting Sanctions on Turkey
10/23/19 Engel Remarks at Committee Hearing on the Trump Administration’s Fiasco in Syria
10/22/19 Engel Statement on Russia-Turkey Agreement
10/22/19 Engel Floor Statement on Georgia Support Act
10/22/19 Engel Remarks on Human Rights in South Asia
10/22/19 Engel Floor Statement Calling for Justice for the Bytyqi Brothers
10/22/19 Engel Floor Statement Calling on Russia to Release Paul Whelan
10/21/19 Engel & European Allies Condemn Turkey's Invasion of Northern Syria
10/17/19 Chairman Engel Calls on Congress and the President to Re-Fund UNFPA and Stand Up for Women and Girls
10/17/19 Engel & McCaul Introduce ‘Protect Against Conflict by Turkey’ Act
10/17/19 Engel Statement on Pause in Turkey's Campaign of Violence in Northern Syria
10/17/19 Engel & Smith Statement on Retirement of NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller
10/17/19 McCaul, Engel Introduce Bill to Reduce Plastic Waste in the Ocean
10/16/19 Engel Floor Statement Condemning President Trump's Disastrous Syria Policy
10/16/19 Engel on U.S. Assistance to Central America
10/15/19 Engel, McCaul, Menendez, Young Introduce Joint Measure Opposing the Decision on Northern Syria
10/11/19 Three Chairs Statement on Interview of Ambassador Yovanovitch
10/11/19 Engel, McCaul Introduce Bill to Sanction Turkey, Impose Other Swift Consequences for Syrian Assault
10/11/19 Engel Introduces Bipartisan Resolution Denouncing Trump Decision in Northern Syria
10/10/19 Giuliani Associates Subpoenaed in House Impeachment Inquiry
10/10/19 Engel & McCaul Statement on Protests in Iraq
10/10/19 Secretary Perry Subpoenaed in House Impeachment Inquiry
10/9/19 Top National Security Democrats Warn Trump Admin Against U.S. Withdrawal from Key Euro-Atlantic Security Treaty
10/8/19 Three Chairs Issue Statement on White House Blocking Ambassador Sondland Testimony and Documents
10/8/19 Engel Leads Push for Visa Liberalization for Kosovo
10/7/19 Engel Statement on Trump Decision to Withdraw from Northern Syria
10/7/19 Engel Denounces Trump Administration Potential Plans to Withdraw from Open Skies Treaty
10/7/19 Pentagon and OMB Subpoenaed in House Impeachment Inquiry
10/4/19 Committees Seek Ukraine Documents from Vice President
10/4/19 White House Subpoenaed in House Impeachment Inquiry
10/3/19 Three Chairs Provide Update on Investigative Work, Volker Testimony & Text Messages
10/2/19 Three Chairs Statement on State IG Briefing
10/2/19 Committees Ready Subpoena for White House After Ukraine Documents Withheld for Weeks
10/1/19 Three Chairs Statement on Secretary Pompeo Stonewalling House Impeachment Inquiry
September 2019
Date Title
9/30/19 Giuliani Subpoenaed for Ukraine Documents as Next Step in Impeachment Inquiry
9/28/19 Engel Statement on Afghanistan Elections
9/27/19 Engel and McCaul Joint Statement on Protests in Egypt
9/27/19 Engel Leads Congressional Effort to Secure the Release of Detained Journalist Austin Tice
9/27/19 Pompeo Subpoenaed for Ukraine Documents as House Committees Accelerate Impeachment Inquiry
9/27/19 Engel Statement on Trump Administration Refugee Admissions Cap
9/26/19 Engel Statement on Whistleblower Complaint
9/26/19 Chairmen Warn President to Stop Attacking Whistleblower and Witnesses to His Misconduct and to Halt Efforts to Obstruct Impeachment Inquiry
9/25/19 Joint Statement from Committee Chairs on Release of Ukraine Call Record
9/25/19 Engel Remarks at Full Committee Markup of H.Res. 543, H.R. 3289, H.R. 4270, H. Res. 517, H.Res. 387, H.Res. 552, H.Res. 521
9/24/19 Durbin, Engel, Leahy, Malinowski Call for U.S. Ambassador to Hungary to Uphold American Democratic & Security Norms
9/24/19 Three Committee Chairmen to White House: Any Attempt by Trump to Use Presidency for Personal Gain Undermines Our Sovereignty, Democracy and the Constitution
9/23/19 Three Committees Threaten Subpoenas This Week if Administration Refuses to Produce Documents on Ukraine
9/20/19 Engel Presses Trump to Strengthen the Japan-South Korea Relationship
9/20/19 President’s Attacks on Intelligence Community Whistleblower Threaten National Security and Accountability
9/19/19 Engel Remarks at Trump Administration’s Afghanistan Policy Hearing
9/18/19 Engel Statement on Afghanistan Hearing
9/17/19 Engel Statement on the Situation in Saudi Arabia
9/17/19 Engel Presses Johnson to Protect Ireland in Brexit Plans
9/12/19 Engel Subpoenas Top Afghanistan Negotiator
9/10/19 Engel Statement on Firing of John Bolton
9/9/19 Three House Committees Launch Wide-Ranging Investigation into Trump-Giuliani Ukraine Scheme
9/6/19 Engel & McCaul Oppose Cutting Assistance to Ukraine Files
9/5/19 Engel Statement on John Lansing’s Announced Departure as Head of USAGM
9/5/19 Engel & McCaul Joint Statement on Russian Protests and Upcoming Elections in Moscow
9/5/19 Engel Presses Afghanistan Special Representative to Testify
August 2019
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8/31/19 Engel & McCaul Joint Statement on Hong Kong
8/31/19 Democrats Urge Pence to Address Poland’s Democratic Backsliding
8/30/19 Engel & Mccaul Press Polish Prime Minister On Erosion Of Democracy In Poland
8/26/19 Engel, Chabot, Cardin, Young Call for Accountability on Second Anniversary of Rohingya Genocide
8/24/19 Engel Statement on ROK’s Failure to Renew the Korea-Japan Military Information Sharing Agreement
8/21/19 Engel Statement on Japan-Korea Trade Tensions
8/15/19 Engel Statement on State Dept. Inspector Report on Retaliation against Career Employees
8/15/19 Engel Statement on Israel Denying Entry to Reps. Omar & Tlaib
8/14/19 Engel, McCaul Statement on Hong Kong
8/11/19 Engel Statement Following Congressional Delegation Visit to the Northern Triangle
8/9/19 Engel Statement following Visit to Guatemala
8/9/19 Congressional Foreign Policy Leaders Urge Administration Not to Cancel Funding for Diplomacy & Development
8/7/19 Engel & Menendez Statement on Status of Jammu and Kashmir
8/7/19 Engel Statement on Administration’s Plan to Withhold Funding for Foreign Affairs Efforts
8/2/19 Engel Statement on INF Treaty
8/2/19 Engel & McCaul Statement on the Need to Impose Additional Chemical Weapons Sanctions on Russia
July 2019
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7/30/19 Engel, Sires Call on Guatemalan Presidential Candidates to Support Re-Establishment of CICIG and Renew Fight Against Corruption
7/29/19 Engel and McCaul Call for Sanctions on Russia for Chemical Weapons Attack in United Kingdom
7/29/19 Engel Remarks at Burma Panel Event
7/29/19 Engel, McCaul Condemn Arrests of Protesters, Apparent Poisoning of Alexei Navalny in Moscow
7/29/19 Engel Presses for Accountability for Burmese Military Crimes Against the Rohingya
7/26/19 Engel Statement on Chinese Interference in Vietnamese-Controlled Waters
7/26/19 Engel on Trump Administration’s Signing of Safe Third Country Agreement with Guatemala
7/26/19 Engel Statement on Hong Kong
7/26/19 Engel, McCaul Introduce Legislation Reaffirming Commitment to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria
7/25/19 Engel, McCaul Applaud House Passage of State Department Authorization Act
7/24/19 Engel Condemns Trump’s Veto of Arms Sale Resolutions