U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs

September 2, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC—Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the murder of Steven Sotloff.

August 30, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member, announced they will travel to Israel next week.

August 28, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC—Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the ongoing unrest in Ukraine.

August 15, 2014

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

August 7, 2014

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

August 7, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC—Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding a decision by the joint Cambodian and United Nations tribunal in which two senior Khmer Rouge leaders, Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan, were found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life in prison:

August 1, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC—Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today released the following statement regarding Hamas’s breach of a negotiated humanitarian ceasefire and the abduction of Israeli soldier 2nd Lt. Hadar Goldin.

July 31, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC—Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks at a Committee briefing on U.S. policy in Syria:

July 30, 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 a resolution condemning the use of civilians as human shields by Hamas (H.Con.Res. 107):

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• Watch Rep. Engel's Floor Statement Here
• H.Con.Res.107 - Denouncing the use of civilians as human shields by Hamas and other terrorist organizations in violation of international humanitarian law.

July 30, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC—Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks at a full Committee markup of the Emergency Iron Dome Replenishment Act (H.R. 5235), the Girls Count Act (H.R. 3398), the Naftali Fraenkel Rewards for Justice Act (H.R. 5041), a resolution expressing concern over reports of state-sanctioned organ harvesting in China (H.Res. 281), and a resolution underscoring the urgent needs of religious minorities in Iraq (H.Res. 663):

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• H.R.5235 - To authorize further assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system.
• H.R.3398 - Girls Count Act of 2013
• H.R.5041 - To require the Secretary of State to offer rewards totaling up to $5,000,000 for information on the kidnapping and murder of Naftali Fraenkel, a dual United States-Israeli citizen, that began on June 12, 2014
• H.Res.281 - Expressing concern over persistent and credible reports of systematic, state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non-consenting prisoners of conscience, in the People's Republic of China, including from large numbers of Falun Gong practitioners imprisoned for their religious beliefs, and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups.
• H.Res.663 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the current situation in Iraq and the urgent need to protect religious minorities from persecution from the Sunni Islamist insurgent and terrorist group the Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (ISIL) as it expands its control over areas in northwestern Iraq.