Rep. Engel Issues Statement on State Department Proposed Commission on Unalienable Rights
July 08, 2019
July 08, 2019
WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Rep. Eliot L. Engel, D-New York, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement regarding Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's proposed Commission on Unalienable Rights:
"This commission risks undermining many international human-rights norms that the United States helped establish, including LGBTQI rights and other critical human rights protections around the world.
"Decades ago, Congress created an entire bu . . .
"This commission risks undermining many international human-rights norms that the United States helped establish, including LGBTQI rights and other critical human rights protections around the world.
"Decades ago, Congress created an entire bu . . .