Eliot Engel

The President went in front of the world yesterday and trashed the ICC.

Ample evidence shows that the Burmese military and police forces used this campaign to specifically target Rohingya civilians.

It's interesting because our congressional districts all have about 700,000 people each in them.

Let me say in closing, I am, again, grateful to Mr. Hastings and to all the people who have helped elevate this issue. Actually, I have gotten many calls from people who are very, very concerned about this bill and who want to see it…

If there are no other speakers on the other side, I am prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

We will not tolerate this, we will not agree to it and there will continued consequences.

We need to punish those who attacked our democracy and work to deter future attacks.

It's imperative that we act now.

The President has many sanctions tools at his disposal to punish the Russians for their attack on our democracy.

I want them out of American politics. They are not our friends. They are our adversaries, and I don't want them interfering with our American democracy.

Sanctions can be a very effective tool to achieve our foreign policy objectives.

We've imposed three times as many sanctions on Russia for their cyber-related activities in our first 20 months as compared to all 8 years of the previous administration.

Why is the administration not utilizing the full range of sanctions that Congress passed last year in CAATSA?

I am also troubled by the administration's reliance on using unilateral sanctions without developing support among our friends and allies.

Since coming into office, frankly, the administration has been increasingly reluctant to work with Congress.

We have been stonewalled over and over again.

It's time for tougher action to be taken.

I cannot support this resolution and I urge my colleagues to join me in reporting it adversely to the House.

Vladimir Putin unleashed an attack on our democracy to try to get Donald Trump elected.

President Trump cozies up to Putin at every turn.

The secret meeting between President Trump and President Putin in Helsinki was the last straw, literally.

Increasingly repressive policy has diminished political space and threatened to radicalize not only the political opposition but also civil society by frustrating their ability to exercise their rights under law.

I am prepared to close. I yield myself such time as I may consume. In closing, I urge all my colleagues once again to support this measure. The scope of the cyber threat that we are facing is immense. This is a good bill, and moves us in…

It is essential to find a balance of protecting our diplomats and asserting our national interests.

I think we can all agree on the importance of a functioning U.S. Embassy in Havana.