Eliot Engel actually said...

"There is no future for Assad in Syria and seeing Assad go remains a top priority."

"I just think--I just think--and then I will yield back--that we need to be very wary of Iran. It is not simply the enemy of my enemy is my friend."

"Assad is a brutal dictator responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of Syrians."

"The conflict in Syria and Iraq will never end as long as he remains in power."