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Eliot Engel

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Eliot Engel is a former member of the United States House of Representatives, serving New York's 16th congressional district from 1989 until 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Engel was known for his work on foreign affairs, particularly as the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Throughout his tenure, he focused on issues such as international relations, healthcare, and education. Engel was an advocate for various social justice initiatives and played a significant role in shaping U.S. foreign policy during his time in office.

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Oct 29, 2019

There is such broad bipartisan consensus that it is important to assert American leadership in 5G technology to compete with China and others.

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Oct 29, 2019

Congress sends a clear signal to the U.K. and the EU that any Brexit deal must protect the Good Friday Agreement and all its components.

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Oct 29, 2019

I am so alarmed by the current situation with Brexit which could reintroduce a hard border between the north and the Republic.

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Oct 29, 2019

The Good Friday Agreement and the fulfillment of every obligation under that agreement is the only way to ensure that those times of violence and division never return.

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Oct 29, 2019

Well, thank you. And I have another question, but I want to just note that, while you were talking, Commissioner Wessel was nodding his head in agreement.

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Oct 29, 2019

Press reports and some of the testimony that we have heard seem to imply that the safety and quality issues we are seeing from drugs manufactured overseas are exclusive to generic drugs. Is that true?

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Oct 29, 2019

It is imperative that American patients continue to have access to safe, high-quality, and innovative medicines.

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Oct 22, 2019

What followed was completely predictable... a brutal campaign of violence against the Syrian Kurds.

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Oct 22, 2019

I believe Maduro is a dictator. He has caused the people to suffer.

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Oct 22, 2019

Let me express my frustration again that Congress was not a part of that discussion.

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Oct 22, 2019

I think that the Congress, frankly, has been negligent in its time for several years under administrations, both Democratic and Republican.

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Oct 22, 2019

I am just sick over it and I think that is why we got this strong bipartisan resolution in the Congress condemning it.

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Oct 22, 2019

I think what happened here with the removal of American troops is catastrophic. Absolutely catastrophic.

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Oct 22, 2019

This is the worst example I have seen of what I call this Administration's fly by the seat of your pants foreign policy.

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Oct 22, 2019

He likes to play the part of the fireman when really he is the arsonist who started the fire in the first place.

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Oct 22, 2019

To see Russian-backed forces triumphantly moving in, taking over our American bases, is just disgraceful.

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Oct 22, 2019

It is safe to say ISIS is celebrating President Trump's foreign policy right now.

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Oct 22, 2019

How could the United States do something so senseless, so disgraceful, so contrary to our values?

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Oct 22, 2019

What followed was completely predictable for anyone who's paid attention to the Middle East--a brutal campaign of violence against the Syrian Kurds.

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Oct 22, 2019

We handed them over to be slaughtered and ethnically cleansed from a region where they have lived for generations.

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Oct 22, 2019

This decision was a body blow to our national security.

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Oct 22, 2019

I just think what we have done there is shameful.

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Oct 16, 2019

I now yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Sherman), the chairman of the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation, a very senior and valued member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

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