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Congressman Eliot Engel (l) swears in Michael Fogarty of the Bronx as the President of the United Irish Counties Association (2/9) at The Kerry Hall in Yonkers. The Congressman was recently named Co-Chair of the Congressional Ad Hoc Committee form Irish Affairs and was a co-sponsor of the just passed House resolution calling for an impartial investigation of the murder of Irish defense attorney Patrick Finucane.
The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers,and AFL-CIO, Commonly referred to as the Boilermakers Union awarded Congressman Eliot L. Engel the
Mr.Pollan, Congressman Engel, Mr.Mark Tucker, and Mr.Bill Applegate
Rep. Engel meets with members of the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform in Washington, D.C.
Rep. Eliot Engel talks with representatives of builders associations after addressing their annual dinner Wednesday (4/11). He spoke of the 'American Dream' of owning one's own home, the growing problems of sub-prime lending, and how the threat of global warming affects home building. Afterwards he stood with (L-R) Luke Reiger, President of the Builders Association of the Hudson Valley, Mike Guterman, Board of Directors of the National Association of Home Builders, Cong. Engel, and Dominick Caponigro, President of the Rockland County Builders and Remodelers Assoc.
Congressman Eliot Engel accompanied Hackensack River flood control advocates Phil Bosco, Jane Stormes and Bob Dillon on a tour of the Hackensack River from Lake Tappan in Orangetown through West Nyack to Lake Deforest in Clarkstown. The Congressman called for
Congressman Eliot Engel gives Atria Executive Director David Pomerantz a Congressional record for the company winning the Platinum Community award from the National Assisted Living Nurses Association for 100 percent quality compliance in state surveys at 22 communities throughout the country.
Congressman Eliot Engel speaks to the crowd on Johnson Avenue during Sunday's Riverdale Jewish Community Council annual street fair. He praised the people for coming to the fair to show their support for Israel.
Betty Casiano New York State Grandmother of the Year, (l) and Rose Gottleib, Hebrew Home Grandmother of the Year, surrounded by admirers at the Hebrew Home Sunday. With them are (l-r) in Daniel Reingold, President of the Hebrew Home, Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, Cong. Eliot Engel, Councilman Oliver Koppell, State Senator Jeff Klein, and Queens Councilman David Weprin.
Congressman Engel receives the National Association of Public Hospitals Safety Net Award from Larry Gage, President of the NAPH, Gladys Dixon, NYC HHC Community Advisory Board, and Rabbi Lenny Guttman, NYC HHC. He was commended for his work in the health care field and particularly for The Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act.
Congressman Eliot Engel test drives the world's first hydrogen fuel cell vehicle with plug-in capability - the Ford HySeries Edge earlier in Washington this week. The HySeries Edge is an advanced plug-in electric vehicle powered by electricity from the grid and from an on-board hydrogen fuel cell. The full range of the Edge on battery and hydrogen is 225 miles with the first 25 available on battery alone, although some drivers have routinely driven as many as 400 miles depending the conditions.
Congressman Eliot Engel, on a tour of the underside of the Tappan Zee Bridge, points to a part of the bridge in asking a question about the bridge repairs.
Congressman Engel, (r) questions Ramesh Mehta of the NYS Thruway Authority, about the bridge while Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee and Orangetown Supervisor Thom Kleiner look on. The three took a boat tour to inspect the underside of the bridge Monday during deck replacement on the bridge. Afterwards they continued their inspection using a catwalk on the underside of the bridge.
Congressman Eliot Engel (center) shows his award from the Rockland County Jewish War Veterans which reads,
(L-R) Rockland County Legislator Connie Coker, Congressman Eliot Engel, Actor Alec Baldwin, and Susan Shapiro, head of Public Health and Sustainable Energy (PHASE), at a news conference Monday (11/12) calling for the closure of the nuclear facility at Indian Point.
(Left to Right) Congressman Eliot Engel, Director John Phillips, State Senator Frank Padavan, Carlos Menjavar, Council Member Jimmy Vacca and Rue McClanahan. Photo by Diane Cohen.
Congressman Eliot Engel and House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson Wednesday called on their colleagues in Congress to support a Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) in the energy bill being considered by Congress that would represent a historic commitment to American biofuels to drive our cars and trucks.
Congressman Engel and Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) visited Ghana and the Ivory Coast in January as part of their ongoing efforts to help eliminate the worst forms of child and slave labor in the growing and processing of cocoa beans in West Africa.
Ms. Derek supports trade preferences to expand markets between the United States Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru in order to fight illegal trafficking in animals. Rep. Engel, speaking in support of the legislation, which passed the House Wednesday, said,
Congressman Engel discusses issues relating to fire fighter training, equipment upgrades, and national fire fighter safety standards with the Yonkers Fire Department.
Congressman Engel and Israeli Consul General Benjamin Krasna relax together at the National Jewish Democratic Council dinner honoring the New York Members of Congress.
David Hurd, (I) Director of the Office of Recycling Outreach Education, discusses some of the finer points of recycling with Congressman Eliot Engel who met Mr. Hurd at the Riverdale Y Environmental Action Fair.
Congressman Eliot Engel (r) with Zeljko Komsic, the Croatian member of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Tri-Presidency, after a meeting in the Rep. Engel's Riverdale office Friday (10/24). The two discussed the situation in the former Yugoslav republic. Rep. Engel asked the president about the status of the Dayton Accords which ended the war in Bosnia in 1995. The 10-term congressman, who is a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, visited Bosnia in June. At the meeting he spoke about the West's current inattention to the area despite diplomatic warnings that a crisis is growing among the Serbs, Croats, and Bosnians.
(l-r) Norman Liss, Cong. Eliot Engel, Linda Hope and US Postal Service Gov. Katherine Tobin at the unveiling of the commemorative Bob Hope stamp at the renaming of the Bob Hope Memorial Library on Ellis Island Monday. Linda, Bob's daughter, thanked the Congressman and Mr. Liss, of the Ellis Island Restoration Commission, for their work in the library renaming. Rep. Engel's legislation, signed by President George Bush, authorized the naming of the library. Bob Hope came to America in 1908 at the age of 4 with his family to settle in Cleveland.
Congressman Eliot Engel greets David Greenblatt at his Riverdale office. David, 16, a student at High School of American Studies - Lehman College, will be a Congressional Page starting in February for a full semester. He comes highly recommended by his teachers, and all of his classes were at Honors Level. He will attend school while in Washington. There are over a half-dozen types of pages serving in various functions, such as delivering documents and messages to House members, or providing other assistance to members.
Congressman Eliot Engel congratulates John Vasser after presenting him with the Purple Heart he earned when he was wounded while serving in the Army in Korea. Mr. Vasser, of Nyack, was not awarded his medal at that time and recently came to Rep. Engel's office seeking help in getting it. The Congressman found that that Mr. Vasser not only should receive the Purple Heart but five other service medals which he presented to him Tuesday (11.25) Mr. Vasser was wounded by a land mine on May 26, 1951 at Sobangdon. Rep. Engel made the presentation outside his West Nyack office while approximately 45 friends, relatives and fellow veterans watched. (The other five medals are the National Defense Service Medal; the Korean Service Medal and Bronze Star Attachment; the Armed Forces Reserve Medal; the Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal and Oak Leak Cluster; and the United Nations Medal.)
New York Congressman Eliot Engel selected artist Daniel Hauben to decorate the 17th District's ornament for the 2008 White House Christmas Tree. White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
Joining Judah Macabee (holding a jar of dreidels) at the Menorah lighting Sunday (12/21) for the first day of Chanukah were (l-r) Council Member G. Oliver Koppell, Cong. Eliot Engel, and Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz. The Menorah lighting was at the Riverdale Monument and was followed by a spirited dancing of the Hora.