Engel Statement on Removal of Stephen K. Bannon from National Security Council Principals Committee

The following press release was published by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 5, 2017. It is reproduced in full below.

WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement.

“Steve Bannon should never have been on the National Security Council in the first place. There's no place for someone with his record and associations in a leading national-security role. His removal today was long overdue.".

Source: House Committee on Foreign Affairs