Eliot Engel actually said...

"I do agree with the chairman that we have to show countries that it is good to align with us, not with the Chavez' of the world, because we are reliable."

"This is an American citizen who does not by any stretch of the imagination deserve to be incarcerated."

"I question and say, well, what is Cuba's responsibility? We wanted to invite them, but what are they willing to do in order to get invited?"

"It is very disheartening that people want to still give them a free pass and say that we should just keep a blind eye."