Eliot Engel

Our country is facing a direct threat to our democratic institutions. We need to find ways to stop foreign adversaries like Russia and Iran from using American technology against us.

It is now my pleasure to yield 5 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Bass), the very distinguished ranking member of the Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations Subcommittee of the Foreign…

Now, rulemaking authority may help to protect consumer privacy but such protections still need to be enforced in order to be effective.

I worry that if President Trump continues along the same lines, President-Elect Lopez Obrador may pull the plug on security cooperation.

The White House's failure to fill key positions in a timely manner means we can't adhere from those setting the course for foreign policy.

The ugly language calling Mexicans drug dealers and rapists, the dehumanizing language about immigrants and characterization of Haiti and El Salvador using the word I won't repeat.

In Nicaragua, the Global Magnitsky Act has allowed us to crack down on thugs tied to President Ortega who are killing innocent people in the streets.

President Maduro has turned Venezuela into a full-fledged dictatorship, and rejected humanitarian aid.

Is this what we are becoming as a country? I hope not. I won't accept it, and I will fight tooth and nail against these policies that betray our values.

Children to this day still remain apart from their parents. That has to change.

I think that is just a very bad thing.

I recently introduced the Central America Family Protection and Reunification Act with Representatives Torres and Espaillat.

Obviously, this is child abuse. It is unconscionable and should not have happened.

Nothing can quite make people understand the horrors that are occurring in our own country as a consequence of the President's family separation policy than hearing the individual stories of Central American children.

I implore our witnesses to put some meat on the bones of what are on paper is an excellent strategy.

I congratulate Ivan Duque on his recent election victory in Colombia.

Sincerely, Congressman Eliot Engel, Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

Thank you for your consideration of these requests.

We are extremely concerned by the intelligence community's warning that Russia may attempt to interfere with future elections--including the upcoming mid-term elections--and we are deeply troubled by the lack of action by the Trump…

We request that House Republicans join us in fulfilling our sworn Constitutional duty by ensuring that each committee of jurisdiction thoroughly investigates the following key questions:

The integrity of the democratic process must never be in question.

This is as grave an attack on American independence and sovereignty as Pearl Harbor and 9/11.

We will not allow the Kremlin or any other foreign power to dictate the terms of political debate in this country.

Russia doesn't get to put its thumb on the scale in our elections.

For a foreign government to engage in the same sort of behavior cannot be tolerated.