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WASHINGTON, DC—Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee's Ranking Member, along with 367 other House Members, sent a bipartisan letter to Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, urging him to condemn the recent violence in Israel and end incitement to violence within the Palestinian Authority. The letter comes after this week's House passage of H. Res. 293.
Washington, DC- Today, Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-PA-13) applauds the House passage of important legislation originating in the House Foreign Affairs Committee, of which he is a member. Congressman Boyle is a co-sponsor of each piece of legislation:
Washington, DC- Today, Congressman Brendan Boyle (PA-D-13) participated in a Foreign Committee hearing on anti-Israel and anti-Semitic incitement within the Palestinian Authority.
Here is a transcript of the Congressman's statement:
Since every Senator and Representative gets to bring more guest into the House chamber we decided to ask every PA member about their guest. PoliticsPA reached out to all twenty representatives, the following answered.
Senator Bob Casey
The state's senior Senator is bringing his wife Terese.
Senator Pat Toomey
Pope Francis stepped into some of America's most contested debates Wednesday, beginning his highly anticipated tour with a call for action on climate change and sympathy for immigrants.
Seizing an international spotlight, the 78-year-old pontiff drew tens of thousands of cheering supporters and onlookers, some of whom began gathering before dawn, and quickly made clear he had messages to deliver in his first visit to the United States.
Representative Brendan Boyle (D-PA), who is Catholic, talked about Pope Francis' visit to the U.S., his address to a joint meeting of Congress, and his visit to the United Nations. Representative Boyle also spoke about the role of religion in politics.
Above: Ian Hyland, Business and Finance Media Group, and US Ambassador Kevin O'Malley present Congressman Brendan Boyle with a Certificate of Irish Heritage
Congressman Brendan Boyle, from Pennsylvania, is visiting Ireland on a number of personal engagements.
Mr Boyle (38) is the son of Frank Boyle, an emigrant from Glencolmcille in the Donegal Gaeltacht area, and was elected in 2014 to a Democratic stronghold covering the popular area of Philadelphia. He is seeking re-election in 2016.
As the House prepares to vote on Pres. Obama's nuclear deal with Iran, they can count on a ‘no' from at least one PA Congressman.
On Sunday, freshman Rep. Brendan Boyle published an editorial in the Philadelphia Inquirer to announce that he would not support the agreement. Boyle argued that approving the Iran deal would increase the likelihood of war in the Middle East.
By Brendan F. Boyle
The coming congressional vote on the Iran nuclear agreement has been called the most important foreign policy vote since the Iraq War. As such, partisan politics have no place when it comes to the national security of the United States.
By Brendan F. Boyle
The coming congressional vote on the Iran nuclear agreement has been called the most important foreign policy vote since the Iraq War. As such, partisan politics have no place when it comes to the national security of the United States.