News & Media

Date	Title
2/11/21	Meeks Statement on Press Freedom in Poland and Hungary
2/10/21	House Foreign Affairs Committee Holds Briefing on Burma
2/9/21	Meeks Statement on State’s Actions to End “Safe Third Country” Agreements
2/8/21	Meeks, McCaul Statement on the Passing of Congressman Ron Wright
2/8/21	Meeks, Levin Welcome GAO Report on U.S. Sanctions in Venezuela
2/7/21	Meeks, McCaul Statement on Day of Solidarity with Belarus
2/6/21	Meeks Statement on Anniversary of Dr. Li Wenliang Death
2/6/21	Meeks Statement on Reversal of Houthi Terrorist Designation
2/3/21	Meeks, Bass, and Himes Call for Reinstatement of Sanctions Against Dan Gertler
2/1/21	Meeks, McCaul Statement on On-Going Protests in Russia

Date	Title
1/31/21	Meeks Statement on Burma
1/31/21	Meeks Statement on GAO Report on State Department Cyber Bureau
1/28/21	Meeks Announces Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee Chairs
1/28/21	Meeks Statement on Reversal of the Global Gag Rule
1/27/21	Meeks Invites Blinken to Testify at House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing
1/25/21	Meeks, McCaul Applaud Removal of Controversial USAGM Leadership
1/22/21	Meeks, McCaul, Kaptur, Kinzinger, and Keating on Threats to U.S. International Broadcasting
1/22/21	Meeks and McCaul Call for Investigation of Alexey Navalny Poisoning
1/21/21	Meeks Presses for Repeal of AUMF
1/21/21	Meeks Statement on Biden's First 24 Hours
1/15/21	Meeks Leads Lawmakers in Denouncing Pompeo’s Reckless Yemen Policy
1/15/21	Meeks Introduces Measures of Disapproval for Trump Administration Rushed Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia
1/15/21	Meeks Statement on Trump Administration Rescissions Proposal
1/13/21	Meeks Statement on Biden Nomination of Ambassador Samantha Power as USAID Administrator
1/13/21	House Foreign Affairs Top Democrats Demand Stop to Trump Administration Arms Sales
1/12/21	Meeks, McCaul Ask for Answers on Demotion of VOA Reporter Patsy Widakuswara
1/11/21	Meeks Statement on Designation of Houthis as Terrorist Organization
1/11/21	Meng, Meeks, and Lee Issue Statement on USAID’s Revised Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Policy
1/11/21	Meeks Statement on Trump Designation of Cuba as State Sponsor of Terror
1/8/21	House Foreign Affairs Committee Democrats Call for Impeachment of Donald J. Trump
1/7/21	Meeks Statement on State Department Cyber Bureau
1/7/21	Meeks Statement on Insurrection at the Capitol
1/6/21	Meeks, McCaul Release a Joint Statement on Today’s Violence in the Capitol

Date	Title
12/31/20	Engel Releases Inspector Report Refuting Pompeo's Smears Against Former State Department Inspector General
12/26/20	Engel Statement on Brexit Agreement Between the United Kingdom and European Union
12/23/20	Engel Statement on Trump’s Refusal to Sign State Department Authorization and Support American Diplomacy
12/22/20	Engel U.S.-Northern Triangle Enhanced Engagement Act Passes Congress
12/18/20	Engel Statement on Conflict Prevention Strategy
12/16/20	Engel and McCaul Statement on Turkey Actions Undermining NATO Alliance
12/12/20	Engel, McCaul Statement on Dr. Walid Fitaihi
12/11/20	Engel, McCaul, Bass, Smith on Humanitarian Access in Tigray
12/10/20	Engel & McCaul Statement on International Human Rights Day
12/10/20	Engel Statement on Morocco-Israel Announcement
12/10/20	Engel & McCaul Call for Answers on White House Investigation Into Navalny Poisoning
12/9/20	Engel Statement on UNESCO’s Exclusion of Taiwanese from International Science Gathering
12/9/20	Engel Statement on EU’s Adoption of Human Rights Sanctions Framework
12/9/20	Engel Statement on Appointment of Robert Reilly as VOA Director
12/9/20	Engel Remarks at Hearing on Syria
12/9/20	Engel Calls for Magnitsky Sanctions on Human Rights Abusers in Uganda
12/8/20	Engel Statement on Removal of State Department Authorization from the NDAA
12/8/20	Engel Statement on Nomination of Lloyd Austin to Be Secretary of Defense
12/8/20	Engel Remarks at Hearing on the Balkans
12/7/20	Engel and Markey Call on Bangladesh to Restore Telecommunications for Rohingya Refugee Camps, Halt Relocations to Remote Island
12/3/20	Engel Statement on Election of Representative Gregory W. Meeks as Next Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
12/3/20	Engel Remarks at Hearing on the Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission
12/1/20	Engel Statement on British Government Decision Not to Investigate Patrick Finucane Murder
12/1/20	Engel Releases Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission Report

Date	Title
11/24/20	Engel & McCaul Call for End to Conflict in Ethiopia
11/24/20	Engel Statement on Nomination of Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
11/24/20	Engel Statement on Federal Court’s Rejection of Trump’s Illegal Asylum Policy
11/24/20	Engel Releases Witness Affidavit in Committee's Investigation Into Firing of State Department Inspector General
11/23/20	Engel Calls on GSA Administrator to Allow Biden Transition to Move Forward
11/23/20	Engel Statement on Nomination of Antony Blinken to Be Secretary of State
11/23/20	Engel-Keating Statement on the Trump Administration’s Withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty
11/19/20	Engel Statement on Political Arrests and Violence in Uganda
11/19/20	Engel & Castro Demand Answers on Pompeo's Domestic Political Activity Disregarding State Department Officials' Concerns
11/16/20	Engel Statement on Afghanistan Negotiations and Troop Drawdown
11/10/20	Engel Statement on Pompeo’s Refusal to Acknowledge Election Result
11/6/20	Engel Statement on Outbreak of Conflict in Ethiopia
11/5/20	Engel Statement on Indictment of Hashim Thaci & Special Court

Date	Title
10/30/20	Engel Introduces Legislation to Limit Arms Sales in Middle East
10/30/20	Engel Statement on Elections in Tanzania
10/29/20	Engel Statement on Proposed Sale of F-35 Aircraft to UAE
10/27/20	Engel Calls on Administration to Safeguard Judiciaries Against Russian Attacks on Navalny Supporters
10/27/20	Engel Statement on Michael Pack’s Attack on the Statutory Firewall
10/26/20	Engel & McCaul Lead Bipartisan Group Opposing Normalization of the Assad Regime in Syria
10/26/20	Engel Statement on Delisting Sudan as a State Sponsor of Terrorism
10/26/20	Engel & Lowey Statement on New OSC Probe into Pompeo for Potential Hatch Act Violations
10/22/20	Engel-Keating Statement on the Trump Administration’s Pending Withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty
10/22/20	Engel Calls on Esper to Recommit to Upholding Human Rights in the U.S.-Indonesia Defense Relationship
10/16/20	Engel and Keating Urge Administration to Hold Turkey Accountable for Democratic Backsliding, Aggression
10/16/20	Engel, McCaul Statement on Turkey Testing Russian S-400
10/15/20	Engel, McCaul, Keating, Kinzinger on EU and UK Sanctioning Russian Operative Yevgeniy Prigozhin
10/14/20	Engel-McCaul Statement on Lukashenka’s Escalating Threats Against Peaceful Protestors
10/9/20	Top National Security Democrats to Esper: Commit to Current U.S. Troop Levels on Korean Peninsula
10/8/20	Engel Urges State Department to Support Return of Overseas Americans’ Ballots
10/8/20	Engel-McCaul Statement on Russia’s Efforts to Target Svetlana Tikhanovskaya
10/6/20	Engel Seeks Answers from State Department on Safeguards against White Supremacists Receiving Security Clearances
10/5/20	Engel & Castro Demand Records on Pompeo’s Recent Political Speeches
10/5/20	Engel Statement on USAGM Officials Breaching the “Firewall” and Targeting VOA Journalist
10/1/20	House Members Introduce Belarus Democracy and Human Rights Act

Date	Title
9/30/20	Engel, Speier and Castro Take on Harassment and Discrimination in the State Department
9/29/20	Engel Statement on Eruption Of Fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh
9/24/20	Engel Remarks at Hearing on the United States Agency for Global Media and U.S. International Broadcasting Efforts
9/23/20	Engel-McCaul Statement on Lukashenko's Surprise, Illegitimate Inauguration
9/23/20	Engel Releases Summary of State Department Records Undercutting Senate Republican Smear
9/18/20	Engel Obtains State Department Records Provided to Senate Committees in Biden Smear
9/18/20	Engel Announces Subpoena for USAGM CEO Michael Pack
9/18/20	Engel & McCaul Urge Afghan Leaders to Empower Women Throughout Peace Process
9/17/20	Engel Statement on Turkish Escalation in The Eastern Mediterranean