Eliot Engel: “This is an American citizen who does not by any stretch of the imagination deserve to be incarcerated.”

This legislation, passed into law last December, mandates the most sweeping sanctions on Assad's enablers.

Why have there been no designations by us of Russian companies and individuals who are so clearly and shamelessly giving Assad a lifeline?

I know Mr. Meeks very well and I know that he will do an excellent job--an excellent job--as chairman.

I think that is scandalous and I think it, frankly, undermines whatever policy we are pursuing in Syria.