Foreign Affairs

Today’s conviction of Paul Manafort and guilty plea with confession by Michael Cohen demonstrate why the special counsel’s investigation must continue unimpeded.

Today, House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Eliot L. Engel (NY-16), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Armed Services Adam Smith (WA-09), Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Co-Chair Mark Pocan (WI-02), and House Democrats sent a letter to the Secretary of Defense Mattis, Secretary of State Pompeo, and Director of National Intelligence Coats, requesting a Member briefing on Yemen.

I condemn unequivocally the Hamas rocket attacks from Gaza against Israeli civilians.  No country should sit by while its citizens are harmed and threatened.

Today, we mark twenty years since bombings at the U.S. embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam took the lives of twelve Americans and more than 200 local residents. 

On Monday, the world witnessed the President of the United States side with President Putin over our own intelligence community, which has confirmed that Russia interfered in the election and continues to attack our democracy.

The legislation was introduced after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) informed Maryland officials that a Russian oligarch had invested in one of the state’s voting software vendors in 2015 without the state’s knowledge.

Good afternoon. I am pleased to be joined by a number of my colleagues, some of whom will be speaking and others whom may answer questions.

Today, House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) introduced the Secure America from Russian Interference Act, bipartisan legislation to hold Russia accountable for its malign activities and safeguard our country.