Eliot Engel actually said...

"I wish we knew more about the conditions for these four Americans, but in these cases, Iran, as usual, isn't playing by the rules."

"It is absolutely ludicrous that we are negotiating with a government that is holding our citizens to languish in Iranian jails."

"I think it is clear from the emotional testimony we have heard here today that when it comes to these missing and detained Americans, Iran can do much more to help bring these Americans home to their ..."

"Sadly, Robert Levinson's whereabouts are unknown as we heard in the testimony. I simply don't believe that the Iranians have been forthcoming about his status."