Eliot Engel Quotes

• The free nations of the world will not be pushed around by terrorist cowards whose goal is to spread fear and destruction and destroy our liberty and way of life.

  Eliot Engel

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Nations, Terrorist, Cowards

• We all would like to see a brighter future for Haiti, and I hope this conference will serve to explore many views. Respect for human rights, freedom, and the rule of law must be established in the poorest nation in our hemisphere.

  Eliot Engel

  Topics in Future

  Tags in Brighter, Haiti

• The only plan the Administration seems to have for winning the war is that there is no plan and no schedule for our troops to come home and get out of harm’s way.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Administration, Plan

• Scientists have stated that embryonic stem cells provide the best opportunity for devising unique treatments of these serious diseases since, unlike adult stem cells, they may be induced to develop into any type of cell.

  Eliot Engel

  Topics in Opportunity

  Tags in Scientists, Treatment, Serious, Diseases

• On the eve of World War I, an estimated two million Armenians lived in the Ottoman Empire. Well over a million were deported and hundreds of thousands were simply killed.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in World, War, Armenian

• Too small is our world to allow discrimination, bigotry and intolerance to thrive in any corner of it, let alone in the United States of America.

  Eliot Engel

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in World, Discrimination

• The countless number of influential figures in American history who are of Caribbean heritage indicates the need to set aside a designated time to celebrate their contribution to our country.

  Eliot Engel

  Topics in History

  Tags in American, Influential, Figures

• It is my hope that as we commemorate Black History Month in the future, we will continue to celebrate the many achievements and rich culture of African-Americans.

  Eliot Engel

  Topics in Achievement

  Tags in Ourselves

• I represent a district covering Rockland, Westchester and Bronx counties, all of which are part of the 9 million people that this water is so important for.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Water, Importance

• The freedom of thought and expression is one of the most sacred rights in this country.

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  Topics in Country

  Tags in Freedom

• I very much regret that our administration has pushed the whole issue of Kosovo to the back burner

  Eliot Engel

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Administration, Issue

• Adult stem cells are also problematic, as they are difficult to identify, purify and grow, and simply may not exist for certain diseased tissues that need to be replaced.

  Eliot Engel

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Disease, Tissues

• I believe that ultimately the situation in Kosovo can only be resolved through self-determination.

  Eliot Engel

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Determination, Situation

• A middle class is so important to a society that its value cannot be overestimated.

  Eliot Engel

  Topics in Society

  Tags in Importance

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  I do not think we should be trying to save our freedom by killing the safeguards that keep our liberties.

   

  Eliot Engel

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Freedom, Safeguards

• I wholeheartedly support umbilical stem cell research, but also support embryonic stem cell research.

  Eliot Engel

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Research, Support

• Preventing terrorist attacks is of the highest important, but trashing the Constitution is not the right way to do it.

  Eliot Engel

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Terrorist, Prevention, Important

• All Americans owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. King for his bravery and commitment to civil rights and nonviolence that changed this nation – and world – for the better.

  Eliot Engel

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in American, Gratitude, Person, Bravery

• The Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act expires at the end of this year. Thus, we must act quickly to ensure our constituents continue to receive the services they enjoy.

  Eliot Engel

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Satellite, Improvement

• We stand with the people of Taiwan and their democratic ways, and I am proud to be a part of reaffirming the unwavering commitment to the Taiwan Relations Act by the United States Congress.

  Eliot Engel

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Democratic, United States, Congress

Eliot Engel (22)

Birth:	18th February, 1947
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician

About

Eliot Lance Engel was born in New York City, New York. He is an American politician. He is the U.S. Representative for New York's 16th congressional district. He represented the 19th District from 1989 to 1993, and the 17th District from 1993 to 2013. In 1977, Engel entered the special election for a seat in the New York State Assembly after the incumbent Democrat Alan Hochberg was forced to resign. In 1969, he graduated from Hunter-Lehman College with a Bachelor of Arts in history and received a master's degree in Guidance and Counseling in 1973 from Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York. In 1987, he received a law degree from New York Law School.

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