Eliot Engel

Once characterized by mutual mistrust, U.S. and Mexico relations are now stronger than ever.

I appreciate your willingness to bring this issue before the committee.

U.S. efforts with Mexico to tackle these transnational criminal organizations must be monitored and improved.

Mexico wants to work with the U.S. and Canada to help North America achieve energy independence.

This partnership is very important to both countries' economic competitiveness and very important to the standard of living of people in this hemisphere.

Despite our strong cultural ties, our relationship with neighboring Mexico has never received the sustained attention from Washington that that relationship deserves.

Frankly, I have been a bit frustrated that the administration's not enforcing this or enacting this.

I believe that U.S. firearms fuel drug violence in Mexico.

I couldn't applaud you more for your work in the area, and with the MD Care Act.

I believe that FDA should be given more resources so that they can engage consultants, convene meetings with outside experts and also with patient advocacy groups to a greater extent.

I think it is critical the FDA--that the FDA does have adequate funding and staff resources in place in order to meet the demands of increasingly complicated and advanced medical therapies.

Let's do what they sent us here to do. Let's protect our diplomats and development experts. Let's work to create jobs and shore up our crumbling infrastructure. Let's fix our immigration system and promote energy security. Let's vote…

Firstly, I would like to commend our colleague, Mr. Chris Smith of New Jersey, for his leadership on anti-trafficking issues and for his hard work on H.R. 4573.

Mr. Engel. Mr. Chairman, thank you very much for holding today's markup on these important pieces of legislation and, as usual, for working with us in such a bipartisan manner.

When this bill was submitted it had, and continues to have, strong bipartisan support. I yield as much time as she may consume to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Bass), one of the original cosponsors on the bill, our ranking member on…

We have been unable to get the EU on board for stronger, more effective sanctions.

Putin is an unrepentant thug with an expansionist ideology who has thus far proven that he will not be deterred by the actions that the U.S. has taken.

I believe the United States has to do more to help countries across the European and Eurasian space resist this pernicious cancer of corruption.

Is the United States providing adequate assistance for Ukraine and other Eastern European countries now under Russian pressure?

I think was a disaster, there has been excessive budget cutting to these countries as a result.

We have greatly increased our economic, our energy support to countries like Moldova who are most vulnerable to Russian pressure.

It is absolutely imperative that we reassure the other countries in the surrounding region.

I really believe that if we don't step up to the plate on this you can almost kiss NATO goodbye.

If this is no longer the case and Russia is now an adversary, not a partner, it changes the whole equation.

We support their country's sovereignty and territorial integrity.