Eliot Engel actually said...

"I hope I can do as good a job as you have done, and I look forward to being in touch with you."

"I hope the upcoming regulations will not punish these States, these States who did the right thing by expanding Medicaid eligibility."

"I want to make sure that we were not penalized."

"I simply cannot understand why a State would choose not to provide health care coverage to its neediest citizens."