Eliot Engel: “The NSC staff itself should not be carrying out the policy. That responsibility rests with the cabinet agencies.”

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

I particularly want to thank Chairman Engel for his leadership, as well as the whole committee, for making the Caesar Act a reality.

Self-government is not some sort of temporary arrangement or gift from the military, it's a right that's owed to the people of Burma.

This legislation, passed into law last December, mandates the most sweeping sanctions on Assad's enablers.