US-UK and EU-UK Relations in a Changing United Kingdom

In his address to the IIEA, United States Congressman Brendan F. Boyle, who serves on the House Committee on Ways and Means, is chairman of the Congressional European Union Caucus, and is a member of the Friends of Ireland Caucus, discusses what a new prime minister and monarch in the United Kingdom is likely to mean for the future of US-UK and EU-UK relations. Congressman Boyle also assesses the possible impact of the US midterm elections on US relations with the EU and the UK. About the Speaker: Congressman Brendan Boyle was born and raised in the Olney neighborhood of Pennsylvania’s 2nd Congressional District. A first generation American, Congressman Boyle’s father emigrated from Ireland in search of a better life. The first in his family to attend college, he attended the University of Notre Dame on a scholarship and later graduated from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2008, Boyle became the first Democrat to represent Pennsylvania’s 170th state legislative district. In 2014, he was sent to Washington to represent his hometown in Congress. Now in his fourth term, Congressman Boyle proudly represents the 2nd Congressional district.