Washington, April 10 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries issued the following press release:
Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries issued the following statement upon the news of the death of the late Chairman Eliot Engel:
For more than three decades in the House of Representatives, Congressman Eliot Engel was a champion for the people he was privileged to represent in the Bronx and Westchester County. The grandson of Jews fleeing czarist Russia and a proud son of New York City, Eliot's career in public service was inspired by his deep roots. Before embarking on his iconic political tenure, he was a teacher and guidance counselor in NYC public schools. Eliot was an astute and prolific legislator who fought for human rights, civil rights and ...