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Engel, Ros-Lehtinen Statement on Inter-American Court of Human Rights Opinion on Marriage Equality

Jan 12, 2018 Press Release

WASHINGTON—Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Chair Emeritus of the Committee, today made the following statement:

Engel Statement on Pres. Trump's Comments at Immigration Meeting

Jan 11, 2018 Press Release

WASHINGTON—Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, this evening made the following statement:

Engel Remarks on Sanctions Enforcement

Jan 10, 2018 Press Release
WASHINGTON—Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement at a full Committee hearing on sanctions and financial pressure as tools of national security:

Engel Remarks at Press Conference on Russian Election Interference

Jan 9, 2018 Press Release
WASHINGTON—Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today joined Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi; Ranking Members Maxine Waters of the Financial Services Committee, Bennie Thompson of the Homeland Security Committee, and Jerrold Nadler of the Judiciary Committee; and Vice Ranking Member Gerald Connolly of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee for a press conference on the failure of the Trump Administration and Republican leadership to respond to Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and protect American democracy from future attacks. Representative Engel delivered the following remarks:

Engel Statement on Chairman Royce's Announcement

Jan 8, 2018 Press Release

WASHINGTON—Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement:

Cardin, Engel Reiterate Concerns Ahead of Honduran Presidential Inauguration, Amid Ongoing Political Crisis

Jan 4, 2018 Press Release
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following joint statement Thursday in response to the Trump Administration’s recognition of a winner in the Honduran presidential election despite widespread irregularities reported by international election observers. Protests and political unrest in Honduras continue:

Engel Statement on Protests in Iran

Jan 3, 2018 Press Release
WASHINGTON—Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement:

Engel Statement on Pardon of President Fujimori in Peru

Jan 2, 2018 Press Release

WASHINGTON—Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and a former Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, today made the following statement on Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s decision to pardon former President Alberto Fujimori:

Engel Statement on Burma Sanctions & Accountability for Human Rights

Dec 22, 2017 Press Release
WASHINGTON—Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement:

Engel to Tillerson, Green: Trump's Word Ban is Political Correctness at its Worst

Dec 21, 2017 Press Release
WASHINGTON—Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, pushed the State Department and USAID to reject the Trump Administration’s efforts to ban the use of certain words such as “fetus,” “evidence-based” and “science-based” in official documents. In a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and USAID Administrator Mark Green, Rep. Engel stressed the importance of relying on science and rejecting such instructions particularly for U.S. global health programs.

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