UNB, Dhaka :House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) and Committee’s Ranking Member Eliot Engel have said they have not issued any press statement on Bangladesh but they are monitoring the political situation. “Though the Committee and many Members of Congress continue to monitor the political situation in Bangladesh, the Committee and the Members did not-issue any such statement. It is unacceptable that any party would seek to use a fraudulent press statement from the U.S. Congress to advance their political goals,” said a statement issued from Washington dated January 8.They said, certain press reports regarding the political situation in Bangladesh are based upon a fraudulent statement attributed to the US House Foreign Affairs Committee and certain Members of Congress, including Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA), Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), George Holding (R-NC), and Grace Meng (D-NY), according to its official website.
