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Press Releases 2008
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REP. ENGEL STATEMENT ON AUTO INDUSTRY BRIDGE LOAN PACKAGE
12/11/08“Once again, I reluctantly report that another federally funded rescue was required to help stabilize our economy. I cast my vote to save the Big Three American automakers from a mess that was, in a great part, their own making. Simply put, I am not willing to play Russian Roulette with American jobs and gamble whether Detroit will be able to survive."< read more > -
ENGEL COMMENDS COURT DECISION TO DELAY FAA AUCTION PLAN
12/09/08Congressman Eliot Engel applauds the court order to delay the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) plan to auction landing slots at the three major airports in the New York region. This decision takes the issue out of the hands of the Bush Administration’s FAA and hopefully kills the ill-conceived plan.< read more > -
ENGEL CONGRATULATES DISTRICT SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE
12/09/08Congressman Eliot Engel congratulated the three area high schools named as Gold Medal winners by the U.S. News and World Report list of the top high schools in America. Several other area schools landed on the Bronze Medal list – a strong achievement considering the huge number of schools nationwide.< read more > -
REP. ELIOT ENGEL ON THE ESPOSITO/ALLEN VERDICT
12/09/08"I send my deepest sympathies to the families of Capt. Phillip Esposito and Lt. Louis Allen. I met with Mrs. Esposito and Mrs. Allen right after this terrible tragedy to help them deal with the Army bureaucracy, and have followed the events up to the trial and acquittal."< read more > -
ENGEL ANNOUNCES GRANT FOR WAVE HILL
12/05/08Wave Hill was awarded a $15,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant Congressman Eliot Engel announced. The grant is to support an exhibition and catalogue examining projects that explore issues related to environmental remediation.< read more > -
SOCIAL SECURITY HELP COMES TO REP. ENGEL'S OFFICE
12/05/08Representatives of the Social Security Administration will be at Congressman Eliot Engel’s Bronx office on Thursday, December 18th to help people with questions and/or issues concerning Social Security.< read more > -
CONGRESSMAN ELIOT ENGEL STATEMENT ON WORLD AIDS DAY
12/01/08This year marks 20 years since the first World AIDS Day was commemorated to raise awareness of this dreadful disease, and move the nations of the world to act.< read more > -
STATEMENT FROM REP. ENGEL ON SEN. CLINTON'S NOMINATION TO SECRETARY OF STATE
12/01/08I am extremely pleased with President-Elect Obama’s decision to nominate Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to be his Secretary of State. I have enjoyed a close working relationship with her when she was the First lady and even more so as our Senator since she was elected in 2000 and I can think of no one better suited to be the next Secretary of State.< read more > -
STATEMENT FROM REP. ENGEL ON GUILTY PLEA FROM MAKERS OF DRUG TEST SUBVERSION DEVICES
12/01/08“I was pleased to hear that the makers of devices designed to circumvent Federal Drug Testing laws pled guilty in Federal Court this week for conspiring to defraud the government. It is because of companies like Puck Technologies that prompted me to write the Drug Testing Integrity Act (HR 6486) to stop their sale.”< read more > -
ELLIS ISLAND LIBRARY NAMED FOR BOB HOPE, U.S. POSTAGE STAMP HONORING HOPE IS UNVEILED
11/24/08In tribute to a great American who dedicated his life and his humor to the service of others, the research library on Ellis Island officially was renamed the Bob Hope Memorial Library, at ceremonies Monday (11/24) attended by Hope’s daughter, Linda, Congressman Eliot Engel, who sponsored the legislation renaming the library, and Norman Liss, Chairman of Development of Ellis Island Restoration Commission, who suggested the legislation to Rep. Engel.< read more > - Show all items