David Cicilline actually said...

"Thank you, Chairman Royce and Ranking Member Engel, for holding this markup today as we consider important legislation that will help punish Iranian human rights abuses."

"Amendment to the amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 4744 offered by the Honorable David Cicilline."

"This bill is an important expansion of sanctions authority in order to target the Iranian regime to discourage its widespread human rights abuses which have continued unabated since the signing off th..."

"Our policy of foreign assistance for Syria must focus on early recovery, reconstruction, and stabilization for a democratic non-Assad-led Syrian nation."