Eliot Engel actually said...

We must stand for freedom of underprivileged communities around the world. That is what defines us as the world's greatest democracy.

We, of course, have urged it to be done as quickly as possible.

I was very, very proud of it, to work on such a bipartisan basis with Chairman Royce.

The President initially focused on the diplomatic track. But the limitations of that one-dimensional approach soon became apparent.