Eliot Engel actually said...

"There is absolutely no excuse for a statement by Secretary General Insulza supporting the Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega's shame election as a 'step forward--step toward--step forward for democracy..."

"If I were living in a place where gun battles were leaving scores of people dead, and previously safe streets were now hideouts for thugs and criminals, I would feel a sense of terror, too."

"If the OAS finds that it is unable to make itself effective, there remains no reason for its continued existence."

"The Merida Initiative was not engraved in stone. It is a living strategy that is modified, adjusted, and corrected, as circumstances change on the ground and we learn lessons."