Eliot Engel actually said...

"I think we have more bipartisanship on this committee than virtually any other committee."

"Shouldn't it be indicated to him... that his release would allow for a rapprochement?"

"It is my feeling that that could be done in a very genuine way."

"I just hope that he would understand that I think there is a very big chance now with Hugo Chavez being gone that the United States and Bolivia could perhaps reach out again in cooperation."