Eliot L. Engel
Former U.S. Representative
U.S. Representative
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NY - District 16
Democratic
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Service: 1989-2021
Biography
A Representative from New York. Born in New York, Bronx County, N. Y. , February 18, 1947. Attended Bronx public schools. B. A. , Hunter-Lehman College, City University of New York, New York, N. Y. , 1969. M. A. , Herbert H. Lehman College, City University of New York, New York, N. Y. , 1973. J. D. , New York Law School, New York, N. Y. , 1987. Teacher. Member of the New York state assembly, 1977-1988. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred First and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses (January 3,1989-January 3, 2021). Unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress in 2020. Chair, Committee on Foreign Affairs (One Hundred Sixteenth Congress).
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Voting History
HR 6395
On Passage, Objections of the President to the Contrary Notwithstanding
Voted Yea on Dec 28, 2020
HR 9051
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
Voted Yea on Dec 28, 2020
HR 133
On Concurring in Senate Amdt with Amdt (Except Divisions B, C, E, and F)
Voted Yea on Dec 21, 2020
HR 133
On Concurring in Senate Amdt with Portion of Amdt Comprising of Divisions B, C, E, and F
Voted Yea on Dec 21, 2020
HRES 1271
On Agreeing to the Resolution
Voted Yea on Dec 21, 2020
Sponsored Bills
HRES 958: Condemning the practice of politically motivated imprisonment and calling for the immediate release of political prisoners in the Russian Federation and urging action by the United States Government to impose sanctions with respect to persons responsible for that form of human rights abuse.
Status: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HRES 996: Expressing the sense of Congress that the activities of Russian national Yevgeniy Prigozhin and his affiliated entities pose a threat to the national interests and security of the United States and of its allies and partners.
Status: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HRES 1033: Condemning acts by the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region that violate fundamental rights and freedoms of Hong Kong residents as well as acts that undermine Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy.
Status: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
HR 8707: Middle East Advanced Military Technology Protection Act
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
HR 451: Don’t Break Up the T-Band Act of 2020
Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transp
Cosponsored Bills
HR 3545: NO HATE Act
Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
HR 8744: Rohingya Genocide Determination Act of 2020
Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation.
HR 8433: Preventing Future Pandemics Act of 2020
Status: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commer
HRES 1173: Honoring the life, legacy, and example of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on the 25th anniversary of his death.
Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa and International Terrorism.
HRES 1170: Commemorating the life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation.
Committee Memberships
No committee memberships found.
