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December 2019
Date Title
12/6/19 Engel, Sires Demand Answers from Secretary Pompeo on Central America Aid Cuts
12/6/19 Engel Statement on NDI & IRI's Work in Georgia
12/5/19 Engel Statement on China's Threat to Sanction U.S. N.G.Os
12/4/19 Engel Measure Supporting the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria Passes House
12/4/19 Engel Remarks at Committee Hearing on New START Treaty
12/4/19 Readout of Foreign Affairs Committee Meeting with Prime Minister Hamdok of Sudan
12/3/19 Chairmen Engel and Smith Demand Answers on Administration’s Negotiations with Asian Allies
12/3/19 Bipartisan House Leaders Call for Extension of Honduras Anti-Corruption Commission
12/3/19 Suozzi, Engel, & King Welcome Unanimous House Passage of Measure Reaffirming Congress’s Support for the Good Friday Agreement
12/2/19 Engel Statement on Iran Protests
November 2019
Date Title
11/22/19 Engel & Smith Demand Answers on WH Scheme on Open Skies Treaty
11/22/19 Engel Statement on Japan-South Korea Military Information Agreement
11/21/19 Engel Leads Passage of Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act
11/16/19 Committees Release Morrison and Williams Transcripts as Part of Impeachment Inquiry
11/15/19 Engel Leads House Effort to Advocate for Malachy McAllister
11/14/19 Engel Statement on NDAA
11/14/19 Engel & Maloney Statement on Watchdog Report of Trump Administration Abuse of Career Public Servants
11/13/19 Lawmakers Call for Justice for La Saline Massacre in Haiti
11/13/19 Engel Statement on Trump-Erdogan Meeting
11/11/19 Engel Leads Bipartisan Effort Urging Trump to Rescind White House Invitation to Turkey’s Erdogan
11/10/19 Engel Statement on Resignation of Bolivian President Morales
11/8/19 Committees Release Vindman and Hill Transcripts as Part of Impeachment Inquiry
11/7/19 Engel & McCaul Statement on Protests in Iraq
11/7/19 Committees Release George Kent’s Deposition Transcript as Part of Impeachment Inquiry
11/6/19 Committees Release Ambassador Bill Taylor’s Deposition Transcript as Part of Impeachment Inquiry
11/5/19 Committees Release Sondland and Volker Transcripts as Part of Impeachment Inquiry
11/5/19 Committees Request Deposition with White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney in House Impeachment Inquiry
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
Date Title
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 Floor Statement on Armenian Genocide Resolution
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 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 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
10/23/19 Three Chairs Send Letter to State Department Demanding Release of Key Documents
10/22/19 Engel Floor Statement on Georgia Support Act
10/22/19 Engel Statement on Russia-Turkey Agreement
10/22/19 Engel Floor Statement Calling for Justice for the Bytyqi Brothers
10/22/19 Engel Remarks on Human Rights in South Asia
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 Engel & McCaul Introduce ‘Protect Against Conflict by Turkey’ Act
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 McCaul, Engel Introduce Bill to Reduce Plastic Waste in the Ocean
10/17/19 Engel & Smith Statement on Retirement of NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller
10/17/19 Engel Statement on Pause in Turkey's Campaign of Violence in Northern Syria
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 Engel Introduces Bipartisan Resolution Denouncing Trump Decision in 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
10/10/19 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 Pentagon and OMB Subpoenaed in House Impeachment Inquiry
10/7/19 Engel Denounces Trump Administration Potential Plans to Withdraw from Open Skies Treaty
10/7/19 Engel Statement on Trump Decision to Withdraw from Northern Syria
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 Leads Congressional Effort to Secure the Release of Detained Journalist Austin Tice
9/27/19 Engel and McCaul Joint Statement on Protests in Egypt
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 Chairmen Warn President to Stop Attacking Whistleblower and Witnesses to His Misconduct and to Halt Efforts to Obstruct Impeachment Inquiry
9/26/19 Engel Statement on Whistleblower Complaint
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
9/25/19 Joint Statement from Committee Chairs on Release of Ukraine Call Record
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
9/24/19 Durbin, Engel, Leahy, Malinowski Call for U.S. Ambassador to Hungary to Uphold American Democratic & Security Norms
9/23/19 Three Committees Threaten Subpoenas This Week if Administration Refuses to Produce Documents on Ukraine
9/20/19 President’s Attacks on Intelligence Community Whistleblower Threaten National Security and Accountability
9/20/19 Engel Presses Trump to Strengthen the Japan-South Korea Relationship
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 & McCaul Joint Statement on Russian Protests and Upcoming Elections in Moscow
9/5/19 Engel Statement on John Lansing’s Announced Departure as Head of USAGM
9/5/19 Engel Presses Afghanistan Special Representative to Testify