Eliot Engel actually said...

"I like the idea of countering Mr. Putin. European countries are reluctant to stand up to him, because they need his oil."

"I don't know anyone who seriously thinks that you can train effectively, even with successful vetting, 5,000 insurgents who are moderate and maybe secular, and they are going to be reintroduced to Syr..."

"How do we measure progress in an efficacious way, not a feel-good way, not a check-the-box way?"

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