U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs

September 23, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC—Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding airstrikes in Syria:

September 22, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC—Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement calling for airstrikes on ISIL’s heavy weapons in Northern Syria:

September 21, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC—Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the conclusion of Afghanistan’s elections:

September 18, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC—Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following statement at a hearing of the Committee at which Secretary of State John F. Kerry testified on the ISIS threat:

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September 16, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC—Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today introduced legislation to expand American diplomatic efforts across the Caribbean. The United States–Caribbean Partnership Act of 2014 would establish new American embassies in five countries—Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines—with which the United States shares diplomatic relations but has no permanent diplomatic presence. In 2011, an amendment authored by Rep. Engel to establish these embassies was unanimously approved by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

September 16, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC—Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, was joined by a bipartisan group of 14 Senators and Members of Congress calling on the Haitian Senate to move forward with elections. In a letter to Simon Dieuseul Desras, President of the Senate of Haiti, the lawmakers urged Haitian Senators to pass legislation that would allow elections to take place and underscored the commitment of the United States to support free, fair, and transparent elections in Haiti.

September 12, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC—Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the Obama Administration’s imposition of new sanctions against Russia:

September 10, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC—Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement in response to President Obama’s address:

September 3, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC—After months of urging world leaders to stop the sale of two French-built Mistral class warships to Russia, Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today welcomed the announcement by the French government that the delivery of the first ship will not go forward. According to a statement from the Office of French President Francois Hollande, “conditions under which France could authorize the delivery of the first helicopter carrier are not in place.”

September 3, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC—Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding President Obama’s address in Estonia.