U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs

December 4, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC—Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, made the following remarks on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in support of H.Res. 714, condemning aggressive actions and calling for peaceful resolution to disputes in the East and South China Seas:

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December 3, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC—Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, this evening delivered the following remarks on the floor of the United States House of Representatives in support of the United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act:

December 3, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC—Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in support of H.Res. 758, condemning the actions of Russia against neighboring countries:

December 3, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC—Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement on the fifth anniversary of the imprisonment of Alan Gross in Cuba:

November 25, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC—Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the announcement by the French government to postpone the sale of Mistral-class ships to Russia:

November 24, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC—Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program:

November 20, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC—House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY) issued the following statement as negotiators attempt to reach a final agreement on Iran’s nuclear program by November 24th. This week’s talks in Vienna will attempt to finalize the agreement that was outlined by the interim “joint plan of action” signed a year ago.

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• Read the text of H.R. 850, the Nuclear Iran Prevention Act, here

November 19, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, the House of Representatives passed, H.R. 5681, important legislation extending the 1958 U.S.-U.K Mutual Defense Agreement to allow continued bilateral nuclear security cooperation. The 1958 “Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (U.K.) for Cooperation on the Uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defense Purposes” has governed U.S. nuclear security cooperation with the U.K. for more than 50 years. The agreement is renewed every 10 years, and the current cycle will expire on December 31, 2014.

November 19, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC— Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks in the House of Representatives in support of H.Res. 754, a resolution condemning the government of Iran for its gross human rights violations:

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November 18, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC—Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the terrorist attack in a Jerusalem synagogue: