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February 2019
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2/1/19 Engel Statement on Pentagon’s ISIS Report
2/1/19 Engel Announces First Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing and Markup
January 2019
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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 New Venezuela Sanctions
1/28/19 Engel Statement on Afghanistan
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 Announces Democratic Foreign Affairs Committee Members and First Hearing Topic
1/17/19 Engel Remarks on Russia Sanctions Resolution
1/17/19 Engel Statement on the Deaths of Four Americans in Syria
1/16/19 Engel Statement on Protests in Zimbabwe
1/15/19 Engel Pushes State Department to Address Concerns About DRC Elections Files
1/14/19 Engel Leads House Dems in Demanding Answers on EU Diplomatic Downgrade Files
1/12/19 Engel Statement on Trump-Putin Meetings
1/10/19 New Video: The Illegitimacy of Nicolas Maduro’s New Term
1/10/19 Engel Statement on Secretary Pompeo's Cairo Speech
1/9/19 Engel to Pompeo: Condemn Bolsonaro’s Assault on Human Rights
1/8/19 House Chairs Demand Answers on Sanctions Relief for Russian Oligarch
1/7/19 Engel Statement on DRC Elections
1/7/19 Engel on Guatemalan Government Effort to Immediately Close CICIG
1/4/19 Engel Calls on Pompeo to Act on Sudan Human Rights Files
1/4/19 Engel Elected Chairman of Committee on Foreign Affairs
December 2018
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12/31/18 Engel Statement on Bangladesh Election
12/28/18 Engel to Pompeo: Push to Secure Justice for Victims of the Kosovo War
12/21/18 Engel Statement on Afghanistan Drawdown
12/21/18 Engel & Smith Lead Effort Demanding Answers on Syria Withdrawal
12/20/18 Engel Statement on the Erosion of Democracy in Nicaragua
12/19/18 Engel Statement on Syria Troop Withdrawal
12/18/18 Engel on Trump Administration Announcement of Assistance to Central America and Mexico
12/15/18 Engel Statement on the Fifth Anniversary of South Sudan's Civil War
12/12/18 Engel Slams Republican Rule for Blocking Debate on Yemen
12/12/18 Engel, Ros-Lehtinen Statement on Guatemala
12/12/18 Engel Remarks on United States Policy in Africa
12/10/18 Engel Statement on Lyudmila Alexeyeva
12/7/18 Engel Demands Answers on U.S. Military Vehicles in Guatemala Files
12/7/18 Engel Welcomes GAO Report on Reintegration of Central American Migrants
12/7/18 Engel Statement on Nomination of Heather Nauert to Be Ambassador to the United Nations
12/4/18 Engel Statement on Rohingya
12/4/18 Engel Statement on the INF Treaty
12/1/18 Engel Statement on World AIDS Day
November 2018
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11/30/18 Engel & Royce Offer Legislation Condemning Russian Aggression, Reaffirming Support for Ukraine
11/29/18 Readout of Engel Meeting with Former NATO Secretary General Anders Rasmussen
11/28/18 Engel Demands Answers on Trump Admin. Use of Tear Gas in Mexico Files
11/28/18 Global Fragility and Violence Reduction Act Passes House
11/28/18 Engel Condemns Trump Administration’s Refusal to Brief House Members on Saudi Arabia
11/28/18 Top Dems Call on Bolton to Raise Broad Human Rights Agenda with Brazil President-Elect Bolsonaro Files
11/27/18 Engel Remarks on U.S.-Mexico Economic Partnership Act
11/27/18 Engel Floor Remarks on DRC Democracy and Accountability Act
11/26/18 Engel Statement on Anniversary of Mumbai Attack
11/26/18 Engel Statement on Russian Aggression in the Azov Sea
11/20/18 Engel Statement on Potential Addition of Venezuela to State Sponsor of Terrorism List
11/20/18 Engel Statement on the U.S.-Saudi Relationship
11/17/18 Engel Statement on Fethullah Gulen
11/15/18 Engel Statement on Sanctions Related to Khashoggi Killing
11/14/18 House Dems Slam Proposed State Dept. Censorship on Women's Health Files
11/13/18 Readout of Engel Meeting with Secretary Pompeo
11/13/18 Engel Statement on Republicans Blocking Debate on Yemen Resolution
11/13/18 Engel Remarks on PEPFAR Extension Act
11/9/18 House Dems Urge Sri Lanka to Reopen Parliament, Commit to Democratic Process Files
11/2/18 Engel Statement on Iran Sanctions Waivers
October 2018
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10/26/18 Engel, Meeks & Europe Subcommittee Democrats to Pompeo: Push for Release of U.S. Citizens Imprisoned in Turkey
10/24/18 Smith, Engel Warn Against Exit from the INF & New START Treaties: “It Would Divide Our Allies and Play Directly Into President Putin’s Hands”
10/22/18 Engel Warns President Trump against Illegally Withholding Aid to Central America
10/19/18 Engel Statement on Trump Administration Plan to Withdraw From INF Treaty
10/19/18 Engel Statement on Indictment of Russian for Election Interference
10/19/18 Engel Statement on Saudi Explanation of Jamal Khashoggi’s Death
10/17/18 Engel, Ros-Lehtinen to Ecuadorian President: Hand Over Julian Assange to Proper Authorities
10/12/18 Smith, Engel, and Schiff Joint Statement Demanding Action on the Disappearance of Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi
10/12/18 Royce, Engel Press for Swift Action Following Disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi
10/9/18 Engel, Moulton Call on Pompeo to Investigate Misuse of U.S. Military Equipment by Guatemalan Government
10/2/18 Engel Decries Trump Administration Funding Deportations from Mexico
September 2018
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9/27/18 Engel Remarks at Full Committee Markup
9/26/18 Engel Statement on Yemen Resolution
9/26/18 Engel Remarks on Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act
9/26/18 Engel Welcomes Senate Action on Syria Sanctions Bill
9/26/18 Engel Remarks on the Rohingya Crisis
9/26/18 Engel Honors Recreated Arch of Palmyra
9/25/18 Engel Statement on Trump's UN Speech
9/17/18 Engel Blasts State Department's Slashing of Refugee Numbers
9/14/18 Torres, Engel, Lofgren Urge President Trump to Expand Life-Saving Program for Central American Refugees
9/13/18 Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans Block Effort to Get Answers on Trump-Putin Summit
9/13/18 Engel Remarks on U.S. Sanctions Policy
9/13/18 Engel, Tri-Caucus Chairs Demand Answers on State Department Policy on Hate Speech
9/13/18 Engel Demands Investigation Into Trump-Putin Summit
9/4/18 Engel, Sires on CICIG Commissioner Visa
August 2018
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8/31/18 Engel & Sires Statement on Failure to Renew CICIG
8/24/18 Engel Leads Bipartisan Group Pushing for Justice for Victims of Mass Atrocities in Burma
8/22/18 Cummings and Engel Raise Concerns About Promotion of State Department Official Who Engaged in Political Retaliation Against Career Employees
8/9/18 Engel Statement on New Russia Sanctions
8/9/18 Engel Statement on Hamas Attacks
8/9/18 Engel Statement on 10th Anniversary of Georgia-Russia War
8/2/18 Bipartisan Group in Congress Urges Trump Administration to Utilize Global Magnitsky Sanctions in Central America
8/2/18 Menendez, Engel Lead Over 100 Members of Congress in Demanding TPS for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti
8/1/18 Engel Statement on Zimbabwe Elections