Former U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel, a New York Democrat who chaired the Foreign Affairs Committee chairman, has died at 79.
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Johns County Read full article: Judge denies motion to prohibit ‘release of confession’ for man accused of killing 2 people in St. Johns CountyMotorcyclist killed, passenger critically injured after colliding with car at Putnam County intersectionFILE - Ranking Member Rep. Eliot Engel before a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, Tuesday, July 28, 2015, on the Obama administration's case for the Iran Nuclear Agreement. FILE - Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Relations Committee, right, accompanied by Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md., ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, speaks to the reporeters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, following a meeting between President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders to discuss the situation in Syria. FILE - Rep. Jerrold Nadler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, left, and Rep. Eliot Engel, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, right, leave a news conference where they discussed the next steps of the impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. FILE - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., walks out of an elevator on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, near the area where U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland is being interviewed as part of the impeachment inquiry. FILE - Ranking Member Rep. Eliot Engel before a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, Tuesday, July 28, 2015, on the Obama administration's case for the Iran Nuclear Agreement. Former U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel, a New York Democrat who chaired the Foreign Affairs Committee and played an influential role in matters from the Balkans to the Beltway, including President Donald Trump’s first impeachment, has died. He was 79.“During his over 44 years in public service, Eliot Engel fought tirelessly for his constituents at home and for peace and security around the world,” the family said in a statement. Engel won his first congressional election in 1988, defeating a 10-term incumbent on an insurgent, reformist platform. More than 30 years later, he left office in similar fashion after losing a 2020 primary to now-former Rep. Jamaal Bowman in a race seen as a A former teacher and state Assembly member, Engel rose through the ranks of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, eventually becoming its chair in 2019. He was a strong supporter of Israel and one of the first lawmakers to call for military intervention on behalf of Kosovo, then a province where ethnic Albanians were seeking independence from Serbia, in their Engel was"a fierce advocate for Kosovo and the Albanian community at a time when few others were paying attention,” U.S. Rep. Richie Torres, a fellow Bronx Democrat, said in a statement Friday. Engel also helped negotiate the Harkin–Engel Protocol, an international agreement that aimed to eliminate the “worst forms of child labor” on cocoa farms in West Africa. And he headed the Foreign Relations Committee as it worked on the 2019-2020 impeachment inquiry into Trump over the Republican's efforts to prompt Ukrainian Presidentimpeached and then acquitted in February 2020, Engel vowed not to abandon the issue, saying there were “a lot of unanswered questions that the American public deserves to know” answers to. That scrutiny grew following a hot mic incident in which Engel was heard trying to convince another Bronx official to let him speak at a news conference, saying: “If I didn’t have a primary, I wouldn’t care.” During his years in office, Engel became known for waiting for hours to get an aisle seat in the House chamber for the State of Union address, so he could greet the president — in full view of TV cameras — as the chief executive entered. But Rep. George Latimer, a Democrat who now holds what was Engel's seat, said “his legacy consists of hard work on issues and kindness to all.” Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Part 4: Overalls and Sprouts! We've got Sprouts...Staci Spanos returns to full time with News4JAX as anchor & investigative reporterPublic invited to weigh in on next UNF president at listening session Friday afternoonNotice something different? 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