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Engel Statement on Recent Nightclub Shooting in Mt. Vernon
12/26/16
Congressman 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
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Engel Measure to Reassess Drug Policy Heads to President's Desk
12/10/16
Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and a former Chairman of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, today welcomed Senate passage of his legislation calling for a top-to-bottom evaluation of U.S. drug policy in the Americas
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Engel Announces $147K JAG Grant to Yonkers
08/26/16
Congressman Eliot Engel, a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, announced The City of Yonkers has been awarded $147,354 in federal grant money from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program
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Engel Statement on Republican Inaction Prior to House Recess
07/14/16
Congressman 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
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Congressman Engel Statement on Recent Incidents in Dallas, Minneapolis, and Baton Rouge
07/08/16
Congressman Eliot Engel, a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement in response to this past week's shooting incidents across the country
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Statement from Congressman Engel on ‘Swatting' Incident in Westchester County
06/24/16
Congressman Eliot Engel, a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, decried the swatting incident that took place in Westchester County yesterday and renewed his call to bring his Anti-Swatting Act to the House floor for a vote
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House Energy & Commerce Committee Approves Engel's Anti-Swatting Act
04/29/16
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce voted to approve Congressman Eliot Engel's Anti-Swatting Act, unanimously agreeing to send the bill to the House floor
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Statement From Rep. Engel On Today's Anti-Swatting Act Hearing
04/13/16
Congressman Eliot L. Engel, a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement on today's Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing on seven communications bills, including the Anti-Swatting Act, which Engel introduced in 2015
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Engel Urges the President to Curb Firearms Trafficking to Mexico
02/10/16
Representative 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
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Congressman Engel Continues Fight for Sensible Gun Legislation
10/27/15
Congressman 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.
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Engel Reintroduces Ignition Lock Legislation to Curtail Drunk Driving
10/19/15
Congressman Eliot Engel, senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has reintroduced the Drunk Driving Repeat Offender Prevention Act, legislation that would require states to pass laws mandating the installation of ignition interlock devices in convicted drunk drivers' cars.
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Engel Remarks at Hearing on Women Under Isis Rule
07/16/15
"And I want to add to what the Chairman said. Three years ago I put in a bill, which would have authorized the aiding and equipping of the Free Syrian Army. And I said this three years ago, and I say it now. I can't help but thinking if we had been there and had done it when it should have been done, might things have been different now in Syria. It's the Syrian people who are bearing the brunt of all the atrocities that are happening. And, I think the United States needs to be more than just a passive bystander.
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Engel Marks 20th Anniversary of Srebrenica Genocide
07/08/15
"We remember the Srebrenica Genocide to honor the victims and to remind ourselves of the costs of indifference–of what can happen when we say, ‘well, that's somebody else's problem.' As this region of Europe heals, and I've just come back from the Balkans, and charts a course toward a brighter future, I hope the lessons of this tragedy will be a guide for the United States and for countries around the world fighting against tyranny and oppression.
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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.
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Engel Statement the 26th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Uprising and Massacre
06/04/15
"Today, on this somber anniversary, the brutal events that took place twenty-six years ago go largely unacknowledged inside China. Yet, despite a quarter-century-long effort to conceal what occurred on that day, the world knows what happened, and we mourn the lives lost and futures unfulfilled.
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Engel Remarks At Full Committee Markup
05/21/15
Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks at the full Committee markup of a bill to direct the President to develop a strategy to obtain observer status for Taiwan in the International Criminal Police Organization, and for other purposes (H.R. 1853), the Girls Count Act of 2015 (H.R. 2100), the United States International Communications Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 2323), a resolution condemning the April 2015 terrorist attack at the Garissa University College in Garissa, Kenya, and reaffirming the United States support for the people and Government of Kenya (H.Res 235), and a resolution expressing deepest condolences to and solidarity with the people of Nepal following the devastating earthquake on April 25, 2015 (H.Res. 235).
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Engel Remarks at Iran Hearing
05/13/15
"But as we will hear today, people are still suffering in ISIS-held territory. And I hope today's testimony will underscore for my colleagues the need to pass a new Authorization for the Use of Military Force–or AUMF. I have said this before, and I will say it again, and again, and again until Congress acts on its responsibility and passes a new authorizatio
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Statement from Congressman Eliot Engel on the Tragic Project Renewal Shooting in Wakefield
04/30/15
"Concerns regarding safety at the Project Renewal Shelter had been raised by elected officials for months prior to this incident. Those concerns were neither heeded nor adequately addressed. Today, I join my colleagues from city, state, and local government in calling for the immediate closure of the Project Renewal Shelter. The people of Wakefield have already accepted an inordinate amount of supportive shelters into their community; they do not deserve the added burden of this unsafe facility.
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Rep. Engel Introduces Anti-Swatting Act
04/24/15
"My bill will increase penalties for this despicable act, and hold the perpetrators financially and criminally responsible for their actions. We need to do everything we can to combat swatting, and I encourage my colleagues to support this important measure."
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Engel Statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day
04/16/15
"Let this day of remembrance, Yom HaShoah, strengthen our resolve to fight anti-Semitism worldwide. We cannot allow ourselves to become complacent, and we must continue to raise our voice against anti-Semitism, wherever it might arise. Sadly, every year there are fewer and fewer Holocaust survivors among us. We must take up their mantle, educate our youth, and tell their stories. Otherwise, there is a far greater risk of history repeating itself. Today, I remember the victims of the Holocaust, and I say ‘never again'."
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Engel Statement on Iran Negotiations
04/02/15
"I also want to underscore that the challenge posed by Iran does not stop with its nuclear program. Iran has created instability across the region and supported terrorism around the world. Nothing in this agreement should prevent the United States from taking action to prevent Iran from sowing further chaos and violence against American interests."
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Engel Statement on Kenya Terrorist Attack
04/02/15
"I condemn the brutal terrorist attack which left 143 innocent people dead at Kenya's Garissa University College. Less than two years after the bloody siege at the Westgate Mall, this attack is a stark reminder of al-Shabaab's wonton disregard for human life and of the threat the group continues to pose to Kenya and the Horn of Africa. No one should fear for his or her life just for trying to get an education. I am deeply saddened by the loss of the life that occurred today and my heart goes out to the family, friends, and loved ones of those injured and killed in today's attacks."
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