Eliot Engel: “Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you for calling this hearing.”

I know Mr. Meeks very well and I know that he will do an excellent job--an excellent job--as chairman.

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

I introduced the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act several years ago as a response to what we saw in this room.

I think that is scandalous and I think it, frankly, undermines whatever policy we are pursuing in Syria.