Eliot Engel actually said...

"Our ability to do that will be severely undermined if we have to absorb yet another round of significant cuts to the committee budget."

"We are working together in a bipartisan manner. We both believe that foreign policy needs to be bipartisan wherever possible."

"I think sequestration is bad policy. I voted against it, and I continue to believe that indiscriminate, across-the-board cuts are a terrible and counterproductive way to deal with our fiscal situation..."

"These cuts would undermine our ability to ensure that every reasonable step has been taken to guarantee the safety and security of our diplomats."