Eliot Engel: “It is frankly very painful when the president denigrates our allies and cozies up to dictators.”

I introduced the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act several years ago as a response to what we saw in this room.

This coup is a blatant violation of the rights of the Burmese people.

Self-government is not some sort of temporary arrangement or gift from the military, it's a right that's owed to the people of Burma.

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