WASHINGTON, DC — November 9, 2019 — “FEMA’s decision is a welcome one for our region and will help thousands of my constituents living in the Sound Shore communities and along the coastlines. Homeowners that live in high-risk flood zones are already strained by the effects of global warming, which have made sea levels rise and storms more powerful. Adding …
By ELIOT L. ENGEL
Engel Receives Congressional Leader Award for Work to Protect Local Hospitals
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY— October 26, 2019 — This week, Congressman Eliot L. Engel was awarded the Congressional Leader Award by America’s Essential Hospitals for his leadership in preventing devastating cuts to the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payment program. “I am honored to receive the Congressional Leader Award from America’s Essential Hospitals, which has been an invaluable ally in our …
Engel Receives Congressional Leader Award for Work to Protect Local Hospitals
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY— October 26, 2019 — This week, Congressman Eliot L. Engel was awarded the Congressional Leader Award by America’s Essential Hospitals for his leadership in preventing devastating cuts to the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payment program. “I am honored to receive the Congressional Leader Award from America’s Essential Hospitals, which has been an invaluable ally in our …
Engel Statement on Montefiore Plans to Close Mt. Vernon Hospital and Open New Facility
MOUNT VERNON, NY —October 15, 2019 — Congressman Eliot L. Engel issued the following statement: “Recently, my office was alerted to plans by Montefiore to close the Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital and open a new $41 million facility on Sandford Boulevard. In response to this news, I spoke yesterday with Montefiore President Steve Safyer who confirmed these plans, which are set …
Engel Statement on the Firing of John Bolton
WASHINGTON, DC —October 10, 2019 —Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement: “This firing of the national security advisor is just the latest reminder that the Trump Administration’s foreign policy is in complete disarray. With negotiations on Afghanistan upended, vital negotiations with China stalled, North Korea ramping up dangerous tests, …
Engel Statement on Anti-Semitic Vandalism at Westchester Holocaust Memorial
WASHINGTON, DC —October 10, 2019 —Congressman Eliot L. Engel issued the following statement: “Another sickening act of Anti-Semitism, this time at the Garden of Remembrance Holocaust Memorial in Westchester, on Yom Kippur eve, one of our holiest days in the Jewish faith. This follows three successive incidences of Anti-Semitism in Scarsdale, New Rochelle, and Pelham. These despicable acts must be …
Giuliani Associates Subpoenaed in House Impeachment Inquiry
Subpoenas Demand Documents Being Withheld by Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman WASHINGTON, DC —October 10, 2019 — Today, Rep. Adam B. Schiff, the Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, sent a letter …
Joint Statement From Committee Chairs On Release Of Ukraine Call Record
WASHINGTON, DC — September 25, 2019 — Today, Rep. Adam Schiff, the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, issued the following statement: …
Three Committees Threaten Subpoenas This Week if Administration Refuses to Produce Documents on Ukraine
WASHINGTON, DC — September 23 2019 — Today, Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Rep. Adam Schiff, the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter demanding that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo immediately begin producing …
Engel Applauds Student Climate Strike
NEW YORK, NY — September 20, 2019 — Congressman Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on today’s Student Climate Strike: “Earlier this week, the Foreign Affairs Committee’s subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy and the Environment invited student climate activists from across the globe to testify at a hearing on the global climate …