Eliot Engel actually said...

"This is a job for our diplomats. In recent years, we have seen more and more of the State Department's responsibilities trickle to other agencies. And this is a trend we need to stop."

"The Honorable Eliot L. Engel"

"Promoting global prosperity is a major goal for our foreign policy, and economic assistance and development credit is an essential tool for achieving that."

"Instead, the administration wants to sit back and say Europe needs to do the hard work or Congress needs to fix it."