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May 2018
Date Title
5/17/18 Engel Remarks on Burma Sanctions Bill & Other Measures
5/17/18 Engel Statement on Venezuela Election
5/17/18 Engel Burma Sanctions Bill Clears Foreign Affairs Committee
5/16/18 172 Members Push for Taiwan's Participation at World Health Assembly
5/14/18 Engel Statement on U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem
5/10/18 Engel on Trump Administration Withdrawal from the Iran Deal
5/9/18 Engel Remarks at Full Committee Markup
5/9/18 Engel, Sires on Guatemala
5/8/18 Engel Remarks on Iran Nuclear Agreement
5/8/18 Engel Statement on Iran Deal Withdrawal
April 2018
Date Title
4/27/18 Engel Awarded "Excellence in Public Service" by B'nai B'rith International
4/26/18 Engel Statement on State Department Authorization
4/25/18 Torres, Engel, Nadler Question Trump Organization on Use of President’s Office to Advance Personal Interests
4/24/18 Engel Remarks on No Assistance for Assad Act
4/23/18 Engel Statement on Violence in Nicaragua
4/23/18 Engel, Royce Statement in Support of Argentina's OECD Bid
4/20/18 Engel Statement on Human Rights Report
4/19/18 Engel Statement on Israel's Independence Day
4/18/18 Engel Remarks on Syria
4/17/18 Engel Remarks at Full Committee Markup
4/16/18 Engel Statement on Trump Decision to Override Russia Sanctions
4/13/18 Engel Statement on Airstrikes in Syria
4/12/18 Engel Statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day
4/11/18 U.S., Argentine Legislative Leaders Call for New Commitments on Venezuela Humanitarian Crisis
4/10/18 Engel Statement on Trump Skipping Summit of the Americas
4/9/18 Engel Statement on Chemical Weapons Attack in Syria
4/9/18 Engel, Menendez, Cummings Demand Investigation into State Dept. "Cleaning" of Career Employees
4/6/18 Engel Statement on Russia Sanctions
March 2018
Date Title
3/26/18 Engel Statement on Expulsion of Russian Diplomats
3/22/18 Engel Statement on Taylor Force Act Passage
3/22/18 Engel Statement on Kosovo Border Demarcation
3/21/18 Engel Remarks on Foreign Assistance Budget
3/21/18 Whistleblowers Warn of Imminent “Coup” at Broadcasting Board of Governors
3/20/18 Engel, Ros-Lehtinen Welcome USAID Assistance for Venezuelan Refugees in Colombia, Call for Aid Within Venezuela
3/19/18 Engel Denounces Russian Election and Putin's Attack on Democracy
3/15/18 White House & State Dept. Conducted “Cleaning” of Career Employees They Believed Not Sufficiently “Supportive” of Trump Agenda
3/15/18 Engel Statement on New Russia Sanctions
3/15/18 Engel Statement on Trump's Admission of Fabricating Information in Meeting with Canadian PM
3/15/18 Engel, Poe, McCaul, Smith, Keating Introduce Legislation to Reduce Violence, Stabilize Fragile Countries
3/15/18 Engel Remarks at Full Committee Markup
3/14/18 Engel Remarks on Modernizing Export Control
3/13/18 Engel Statement on Tillerson Departure
3/12/18 140 House Democrats to Trump: Follow the Law; Impose Sanctions on Russia
3/9/18 Engel Statement on North Korea Talks
3/8/18 Foreign Affairs Democrats to Tillerson: Stop Letting Russia off the Hook
3/6/18 House Foreign Affairs Democrats Demand Answers on Human Rights Report
3/5/18 Engel Statement on State Dept. Failure to Use Anti-Propaganda Funding
3/2/18 HFAC Democrats to Budget Committee: Congress Must Continue to Reject Trump International Affairs Budget Cuts
3/1/18 Royce, Engel Introduce Bill Targeting Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps
3/1/18 Engel Decries Trump Administration Guantanamo Bay Decision
3/1/18 Engel Statement on Resignation of Roberta Jacobson as U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
February 2018
Date Title
2/27/18 Engel, Nadler, Leahy, Feinstein Call for Inspectors General Investigation of DEA Role in Mexico Operations
2/27/18 Engel Statement on Ambassador Yun's Retirement
2/23/18 Engel Statement on New North Korea Sanctions
2/21/18 Engel Statement on Assad Regime's Attacks in Eastern Ghouta
2/20/18 Castro, Engel Urge House Appropriators to Fully Fund America’s Development & Diplomacy
2/16/18 Engel Statement on Today’s Indictments
2/15/18 Royce, Engel Write Bulgaria to Protest Upcoming Anti-Semitic Rally
2/14/18 Engel Remarks on Food Aid
2/13/18 Engel Statement on DNI Coats's Prediction of Russian Election Interference
2/12/18 Engel Statement on Proposed FY19 International Affairs Budget
2/12/18 Engel Statement on Poland's Holocaust Censorship Law
2/8/18 Engel Statement on Venezuela Presidential Election
2/8/18 Engel Statement on Global Gag Rule Report
2/7/18 Engel Statement on Tillerson's Russia Comments
2/6/18 Engel Statement on Russian Election Meddling & Cybersecurity
2/5/18 Engel Statement on Ecuador Referendum and Term Limits in the Americas
2/5/18 Engel Statement on Ethiopian Court Sentencing Bekele Gerba
2/2/18 Engel Statement on Protests in Sudan
January 2018
Date Title
1/30/18 Engel Statement on Foreign Policy in the President's State of the Union Address
1/30/18 Engel Statement on Temporary Protected Status for Syrians
1/29/18 Engel & Cummings to State Dept. Inspector: Address Alleged Political Retribution against Career Employees
1/29/18 Cardin, Brown, Hoyer, Engel Reiterate Russia Sanctions, Accountability Expectations to Trump Ahead of Key CAATSA Deadline
1/29/18 Engel Statement on Trump Administration's Failure to Impose New Sanctions on Russia
1/19/18 Engel Statement on Philippine Government Assault on Free Press
1/17/18 Foreign Affairs Democrats to Trump: End Your Assault on American Diplomacy & Development
1/12/18 Readout of RM Engel's Call with Haiti's Ambassador to the U.S.
1/12/18 Engel Statement on Iran Policy Announcement
1/12/18 Engel, Ros-Lehtinen Statement on Inter-American Court of Human Rights Opinion on Marriage Equality
1/11/18 Engel Statement on Pres. Trump's Comments at Immigration Meeting
1/10/18 Engel Remarks on Sanctions Enforcement
1/9/18 Engel Remarks at Press Conference on Russian Election Interference
1/8/18 Engel Statement on Chairman Royce's Announcement
1/4/18 Cardin, Engel Reiterate Concerns Ahead of Honduran Presidential Inauguration, Amid Ongoing Political Crisis
1/3/18 Engel Statement on Protests in Iran
1/2/18 Engel Statement on Pardon of President Fujimori in Peru
December 2017
Date Title
12/22/17 Engel Statement on Burma Sanctions & Accountability for Human Rights
12/21/17 Engel to Tillerson, Green: Trump's Word Ban is Political Correctness at its Worst
12/19/17 Engel Statement on Honduras
12/19/17 Engel, Kinzinger, Boyle, Royce Offer Bill to Support Future Security of Syrian People, Hold Assad Regime Accountable
12/18/17 Engel Statement on Trump's National Security Strategy
12/14/17 Engel Markup Statement for the Record
12/13/17 Engel Remarks on Serbian Cover-Up of Mass Murder of Almost 1000 Kosovars During Kosovo War
12/12/17 Engel Floor Remarks on Global Human Rights
12/12/17 Engel Floor Remarks on U.S.-Canada Partnership
12/12/17 State Department: Bring Perpetrators of Crimes in Humanitarian Law Center Report to Justice
12/12/17 Engel Lauds Passage of Resolution on Importance of U.S.-Mexico Partnership
12/12/17 Engel, Hultgren, Bass Introduce Bipartisan Burundi Resolution
12/8/17 Engel Statement on Deaths of UN Peacekeepers in the DRC
12/7/17 Engel, Ros-Lehtinen Laud House Passage of Venezuela Humanitarian Aid Bill