Eliot Engel actually said...

"I am very pleased and honored to be the lead Democratic cosponsor of this bipartisan legislation which addresses a critically important issue."

"This bill begins to tackle these challenges in a comprehensive way."

"I just want to make one final comment and that it's--it was my opinion when the chairman and I met with Mr. Maliki that he was a good listener but I didn't think he provided too much in terms of answe..."

"This is a point that Ranking Member Eliot Engel and myself raised and underscored with President Maliki when he visited Washington last fall."