Eliot Engel: “I want to thank the leaders of the bills. Representatives Barbara Lee and Congressman Earl Blumenauer who have joined…”

This legislation, passed into law last December, mandates the most sweeping sanctions on Assad's enablers.

Why have there been no designations by us of Russian companies and individuals who are so clearly and shamelessly giving Assad a lifeline?

We like to say that the Foreign Affairs Committee... is the most bipartisan committee in Congress.

I particularly want to thank Chairman Engel for his leadership, as well as the whole committee, for making the Caesar Act a reality.