Eliot Engel actually said...

"The question I have for any of you is, would it be fair to say that the cuts included in the President's budget make us more vulnerable to international disease threats?"

"What we need, I think, is, then, something to make the buildout more economically attractive to areas that aren't as dense as my district."

"I encourage this Committee to support a strong international affairs budget."

"I fear that this budget request is sending a chilling shockwave across the globe, and that shockwave will come back on us."