Edward Markey actually said...

"one of the few constants to the conflict has been the Assad regime's barbarous treatment of fellow Syrians with the active support and participation of Russia and Iran"

"The Assad regime repeatedly broke the century-old taboo against the use of chemical weapons."

"the numbers give a grim accounting of the suffering unleashed on Syrians by the regime that would claim to govern them: over half a million killed, nearly 7 million internally displaced, 6.6 million r..."

"I think we have to put special emphasis on it, given what the implications are for Ukraine."