David Cicilline actually said...

Will it have an adverse impact on the work we are doing in the region, the partnerships that we are building?

We have to a conclusion as a country that we will promote peace and stability around the world...

I think it is important to push back on this notion of indifference in our foreign policy.

What really struck me at the time was the central importance to each of these countries that the U.S. continue to support their democracies.