Eliot Engel actually said...

"It would have been easier to take out their nuclear capability way back when because it was a lot smaller."

"While we all find aspects of these negotiations that we don't like... it is not just accepting this deal or nothing."

"if the United States were to lift a ban, it might make Russia less important."

"We should put aside the question of whether these exchanges should take place, the value, as far as I am concerned is clear, but we should be asking how they take place."