Eliot Engel actually said...

"House Resolution 447... sent a powerful message that the American people stand wholly and unequivocally with the people of Ukraine in their hour of need."

"But we must remember that the purpose of our pressure on Russia is not simply to punish aggression and certainly it is not to escalate the confrontation, but instead to move Putin toward a resolution ..."

"The democratic transition that has occurred in Ukraine is an expression of will of the Ukrainian people. It is not about the United States. It is not about Russia."

"I really think that the playing field has not been leveled and we create obstacles to having these countries join with us to look westward rather than eastward."