David Cicilline actually said...

What valid purpose is served by creating crimes at the Federal level if they duplicate crimes being effectively enforced by the States?

When it comes to criminal law, only those matters that cannot be handled by the States need to be addressed by the Federal Government.

I do not think that is advanced in a material way by the topic we are addressing today.

Yet despite public statements supporting democratic changes, the military-led government has failed to carry out many basic reforms that wou...