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Engel Statement on Recent Nightclub Shooting in Mt. Vernon
12/26/16Congressman Eliot L. Engel, a leading member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement on the recent nightclub shooting in Mt. Vernon< Read more > -
Engel Statement on Fourth Anniversary of Newtown Shooting
12/14/16Congressman Eliot L. Engel, a leading member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement today on the four year anniversary of the Newtown, Connecticut shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary< Read more > -
Engel Statement on Republican Inaction Prior to House Recess
07/14/16Congressman Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement on House Republicans' failure to take action on gun violence, the Zika virus and the water crisis in Flint, Michigan< Read more > -
Statement from Congressman Engel on House Adjournment
06/23/16Congressman Eliot Engel, a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement after the House adjourned till July< Read more > -
Engel Speaks During House Democratic Sit-In on Gun Legislation
06/22/16Engel Speaks During House Democratic Sit-In on Gun Legislation< Read more > -
Statement from Congressman Engel On Recent Shootings In Orlando and Mt. Vernon
06/13/16Congressman Eliot L. Engel, the Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement< Read more > -
Engel Urges the President to Curb Firearms Trafficking to Mexico
02/10/16Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, called on the President to use his existing authority to stop the transport of certain weapons parts to Mexico, where they frequently fall into the hands of the country's brutal drug cartels< Read more > -
Congressman Engel Calls on Amazon to Ban the Sale of Gun-Shaped Phone Cases
02/04/16Congressman Eliot L. Engel, a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, is calling on online retail giant Amazon to stop the sale of cellphone cases that are made to look like guns on its online marketplace. Although Amazon itself does not sell these types of gun-shaped cases, it does allow third party retailers to list them for sale on Amazon.com and provides free 2-day shipping on those items for Amazon Prime customers< Read more > -
Rep. Engel Writes to President Obama Calling For the Closing of Assault Weapons Import Loopholes
01/19/16Congressman Eliot Engel, the Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, authored a letter to President Obama cosigned by 91 of his House colleagues, asking the President to follow up his executive action on background checks with further steps that would restore tough enforcement of the assault weapon import ban.< Read more > -
Rep. Engel Statement on State of the Union Address
01/12/16Congressman Eliot Engel, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee,issued the following statement in response to President Obama's final State of the Union address< Read more > -
Engel Welcomes New Report on Firearms Trafficking to Mexico
01/11/16Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, welcomed the release of a Government Accountability Office (GAO)report he commissioned on U.S. efforts to halt illegal firearms trafficking to Mexico. Representative Engel requested the report in May 2014< Read more > -
Congressman Engel: Republicans in Congress ‘Out of Touch' With the American People
01/06/16Congressman Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement in response to continued Republican obstruction in Congress< Read more > -
Engel Remarks From House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Hearing
12/09/15Congressman Eliot Engel, a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at a special House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Hearing in Washington< Read more > -
Engel Statement on Mass Shooting in San Bernardino
12/03/15Congressman Eliot L. Engel, a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement on yesterday's shooting in San Bernardino, California< Read more > -
Rep. Engel: Planned Parenthood Attack the Work of Domestic Terrorist
12/02/15Congressman Eliot L. Engel, a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement on the recent attack on a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs< Read more > -
Rep. Engel Cosponsoring the No Guns for Terrorists Act
11/23/15Congressman Eliot L. Engel, a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, announced he is cosponsoring H.R. 4069, the No Guns for Terrorists Act, which would restrict the sale of firearms to people who are on the federal Terror Watch List< Read more > -
Congressman Engel Continues Fight for Sensible Gun Legislation
10/27/15Congressman Eliot Engel, a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, is renewing calls for sensible gun legislation to help curtail rampant gun violence in America.< Read more > -
Rep. Engel: ATF Needs to Regulate Phone Cases Shaped Like Handguns
07/08/15"Like many of my colleagues, I was deeply disturbed by reports of realistic gun replicas being used as cell phone cases," Engel said. "It would be nearly impossible for a cop on the street to tell the difference between these cases and actual firearms. It's only a matter of time until a police officer runs into an individual holding one of these cases in a dangerous situation, and the results could be tragic."< Read more > -
Engel Remarks on Assad's Chemical Weapons Attacks
06/17/15"But now, true to form, Assad is testing the international community again. In September, the OPCW concluded, and I quote with "a high level, a high degree of confidence" unquote, that chlorine was used, and this is a quote again, "systematically and repeatedly" in attacks in northern Syria. Since then, more chlorine attacks have been reported. Though not as deadly as sarin, the use of weaponized chlorine is still a violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention.< Read more > -
Rep. Engel Speaks on the House Floor in Support of Regulation of Cop-Killer Handguns
06/04/15"I supported the ATF's proposal then, and I still believe that this and other common sense regulations on armor-piercing handguns are sorely needed," Mr. Engel said on the floor in opposition to the amendment. "I introduced the APB Act to enact ATF's proposed change into law, because we have a responsibility to protect our police and our communities from these unreasonably dangerous weapons."< Read more > -
Engel & Salmon Reintroduce Drug Policy Review Bill
04/16/15"Over the last few decades, we've spent billions and billions on counternarcotics programs in Latin America and the Caribbean, yet more and more Americans are using illegal drugs. We mustn't give up on this effort, but we should be smart in the way we spend our resources," said Rep. Engel. "This legislation would force us to take a hard look at our drug policy and make sure we have the best strategy going forward."< Read more > -
Rep. Engel to Introduce The Armor Piercing Bullets (APB) Act
03/12/15"Armor piercing rounds like green tips should only be in the hands of military personnel or police officers, period. There is absolutely no compelling argument to be made for anyone else to have access to them," Congressman Engel said. "But the out of touch gun industry lobby is fighting tooth and nail to keep cop-killing ammunition on the streets. We need to speak up on behalf of our police officers and say ‘stop the madness.'"< Read more > - Show all items
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