Eliot Engel actually said...

I made sure when we were crafting the Affordable Care Act that my State, New York, which is a so-called do-gooder State was not penalized fo...

I simply cannot understand why a State would choose not to provide health care coverage to its neediest citizens.

I want to make sure that we were not penalized.

And obviously what is happening at the U.N. today is just a shame because rather than enhancing peace I think it really sets it back.