Eliot Engel

I think that the doctor has extraordinary courage. And I think it is courage from people like him that will some day allow Cuba to join the list of free nations in the world.

The lack of human rights in Cuba... the tactics that the Cuban regime has used back in the 1960s are similar to the tactics that they use now.

The United States has been the beacon of freedom throughout the world for many, many years.

We would all agree, I don't think there would be any disagreement on this, that there is a necessary balance between premarket and postmarket FDA processes.

I was pleased to see that for the fiscal year 2012 the FDA received a 50 million increase in funding over fiscal year 2011 funding levels.

I have heard from healthcare providers and patients that there is an added layer of difficulty in addressing shortages in this area because they say that the DEA limits the amount of active pharmaceutical ingredient a company can purchase…

The reports have just come out a few minutes ago, and it's great news for America: 243,000 jobs were created in January, which is 150,000 more than were expected. The unemployment rate is down to 8.3 percent from 8.5 percent. So the…

The health and safety of the American people is paramount, and if we are not going to take that seriously, it really troubles me.

The OAS was unwilling to certify the election, and that sent a clear signal about the fraud in the Nicaraguan election.

The elections in Nicaragua were severely flawed. There was fraud in the balloting, and election observers were not permitted to do their job.

I find it very hard to understand that precisely when Chavez is setting up an alternative organization in the Americas called the CELAC, which excludes the United States but includes Cuba, we are considering a bill to undercut the OAS…

If the Permanent Council meets to discuss how to deal with the tragedy in Haiti, but does not take up how Venezuela is violating the Inter-American Democratic Charter, we will withhold 20 percent of our contributions to the OAS.

We both want to see more pressure brought on Hugo Chavez's authoritarian government.

The first is that Merida is a cooperative agreement between the U.S. and Mexico, with the Government of Mexico in charge of all activities within their territory.

There is no doubt in my mind, ladies and gentlemen, that the United States is better and safer today thanks to our support for the Merida Initiative.

If the OAS finds that it is unable to make itself effective, there remains no reason for its continued existence.

There is absolutely no excuse for a statement by Secretary General Insulza supporting the Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega's shame election as a 'step forward--step toward--step forward for democracy.'

The Merida Initiative was not engraved in stone. It is a living strategy that is modified, adjusted, and corrected, as circumstances change on the ground and we learn lessons.

If I were living in a place where gun battles were leaving scores of people dead, and previously safe streets were now hideouts for thugs and criminals, I would feel a sense of terror, too.

I think we need to work with our friends and allies, not force them.

I think we need to be concerned about that.

I think that we should have them built so that they can run on ethanol, methanol, and gasoline.

I think we have to have a little bit of a balance.

I am for Kosovo and Serbia being part of the European Union. But I don't think Serbia can get in before Kosovo because Serbia would then block Kosovo the way it has blocked Kosovo from getting into the United Nations.

I believe if we keep kicking the can down the road, whether it is KFOR or whomever, it is going to be much worse, much more difficult to resolve as the years go by.