Eliot Engel actually said...

"We stand with you, and we hope that the Syrian people will soon be free of this scourge from Assad."

"My heart grieves for the Syrian people. I only wish that we had made some different policy choices in Washington 3 years ago when the Free Syria Army was begging us to aid and equip them."

"Exactly, Congressman. They did not have a mandate to determine responsibility; although, if you read between the lines of their report where they mentioned that the eyewitness accounts consistently sp..."

"I'm not usually speechless, but after watching those pictures of the children dying, I'm speechless."