August 2012
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Upcoming Hearings
June 19, 2013
Regional Security Cooperation: An Examination of the Central American Regional Security Initiative (CARSI) and the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI)Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
June 20, 2013
Ethiopia After Meles: The Future of Democracy and Human RightsSubcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations
Top News
June 18, 2013
Ranking Member Eliot Engel Statement on Security Transition in Afghanistan and Taliban Commitment to Peace TalksCongressman Eliot Engel (D-NY-16), Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on security transition in Afghanistan and the Taliban commitment to peace talks.
June 18, 2013
Ranking Member Eliot Engel Celebrates the 10th Anniversary of the Life-Saving PEPFAR ProgramCongressman Eliot Engel (D-NY-16), Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement in honor of the 10th anniversary of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
June 18, 2013
Chairman Royce and Ranking Member Engel to Offer Farm Bill Amendment to Reform Food Aid to Feed More People, More Quickly, at Lower CostWith the House of Representatives scheduled to consider a farm bill, H.R. 1947 (FARRM Act), this week, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member, announced their intention to offer an amendment to reform U.S. international food aid to feed more people, more quickly, at a lower cost.
Related Coverage
June 13, 2013
Ranking Member Eliot Engel Statement on Syria Using Chemical Weapons Against Its Own PeopleU.S. Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after news that the Syrian regime used chemical weapons against its own populace.
June 12, 2013
Ranking Member Eliot Engel Opening Statement at Hearing, “Modernizing US International Food Aid: Reaching More for Less”U.S. Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, delivered the below remarks as prepared for delivery at today’s committee hearing, “Modernizing US International Food Aid: Reaching More for Less.”
June 10, 2013
Ranking Member Eliot Engel Statement on Reports that the Obama Administration is Moving Towards Providing Weapons to the Syrian OppositionU.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (NY-16), the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement today in response to reports that the Obama Administration is moving towards providing weapons to the Syrian opposition.
June 5, 2013
Ranking Member Eliot Engel Statement on Renewed Exceptions for Buyers of Iranian OilRepresentative Eliot Engel (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement in reaction to an announcement by the U.S. Department of State that exceptions have been renewed for nine countries that continue to purchase Iranian crude oil, in contravention of U.S. sanctions laws.
June 5, 2013
Ranking Member Eliot Engel State on Susan Rice as National Security AdvisorCongressman Eliot Engel (D-NY-16), the Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after President Barack Obama announced the resignation of National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, and the appointment of U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice to replace him.
June 4, 2013
Ranking Member Eliot Engel Statement on the Conviction by an Egyptian Criminal Court of 43 Foreign NGO WorkersU.S. Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding the conviction by an Egyptian criminal court of 43 foreign NGO workers on charges of illegally using foreign funding to foment civil unrest.
June 3, 2013
Ranking Member Eliot Engel Statement on Announcement that Secretary Kerry Will Travel to Guatemala for OAS General AssemblyWashington, DC— U.S. Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding the announcement that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Guatemala June 4-5 to participate in the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS).
