Eliot Engel

I support these things. I think academic exchanges are a very critical tool to building relationships between Americans and people around the world.

There is so much that needs to be done, so much where our presence is necessary, and so much--when it comes to Colombia--progress that has been made.

The United States has had no better partner and ally in South America than Colombia.

It is my pleasure to yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia, Ms. Eleanor Holmes Norton.

I now yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler), my friend and colleague.

It is my pleasure to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Cicilline).

Again, let me say that what we have here, as well-intentioned as I know it is, is a unilateral withdrawal, clean and simple. I understand the frustration, but this is like cutting off your nose to spite your face. I think we need to be…

We stand with you, and we hope that the Syrian people will soon be free of this scourge from Assad.

Exactly, Congressman. They did not have a mandate to determine responsibility; although, if you read between the lines of their report where they mentioned that the eyewitness accounts consistently spoke of the chemical weapons being…

It just really disgusts me that, you know, the United Nations--I'm from New York. The United Nations, they sit and they spin their wheels, and this type of murder of civilians keeps going on, and the world is silent.

I'm not usually speechless, but after watching those pictures of the children dying, I'm speechless.

That's why Chairman Royce and I offered a measure which passed the House last month to direct the Pentagon to take a hard look at the possibility of a no-fly zone.

My heart grieves for the Syrian people. I only wish that we had made some different policy choices in Washington 3 years ago when the Free Syria Army was begging us to aid and equip them.

It is now my great pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Deutch), one of the senior members of our Foreign Affairs Committee, the ranking member on the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, and someone whom I…

It is now my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Huffman), a Member who has also been fighting for his constituent, who has brought this issue up with us so many times, who has been unyielding in trying to get…

It is now my pleasure to yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Kildee), who has been the staunchest supporter of getting these people free, who has raised this issue so many times, and who is the author of this resolution.

If we can't count on the United States to stand firmly behind Israel against these ridiculous one-sided, biased resolutions, then I think it makes the U.N. almost worthless.

We have consistently and firmly opposed one-sided actions in international bodies and will continue to do so.

Reevaluating the ways that we defend Israel on the international stage could have ominous consequences and it is obviously very concerning for those of us who seek to strengthen the U.S.-Israel relationship.

The ridiculous nonsense from the U.N. Human Rights Council, which consists of some of the worst offenders of human rights, really makes that Council, in my opinion, a joke and undermines the credibility of the U.N. itself.

When the United Nations continues to attack Israel, it really undermines the credibility of the United Nations.

I want to thank you, Madam Ambassador, because you have been such a champion to Israel.

The Human Rights Council has really been a joke, as far as I am concerned.

As far as I am concerned, you are certainly the right person at the right time to be our U.N. Ambassador and we are lucky to have you.

First of all, I want to thank you for scheduling today's hearing and I want to thank you for your tireless advocacy. Through all the years we have both served in Congress together, I know of no one who fights harder than you for causes in…