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2018 Midterms

New House Foreign Affairs Chair Receives Money from Weapons Contractors He Oversees

By Alex Kotch,

Published on Jan 4, 2019   —   6 min read

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House Foreign Affairs ranking member Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) (L) and House Intelligence ranking member Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), speak to the media during a news conference on February 15, 2017 in Washington, D.C.

Summary

Rep. Eliot Engel’s committee has jurisdiction over arms exports, and he’s gotten significant campaign donations from the defense industry and pro-Israel interests.

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Alex Kotch

Alex is a reporter at Sludge and a contributor to The Young Turks. He was previously part of the award-winning investigative team at International Business Times, and his other work has appeared in T

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