David Cicilline

No mystery about how it started. You can wish it was a different thing. It's right in the Mueller report. Read it.

On May 6, 2016, campaign advisor George Papadopoulos told a foreign diplomat that the Trump campaign had received indications from the Russian Government that it could assist the campaign through anonymous release of information that would…

You wrote that the current environment may create--and I quote you--a chilling effect on agents, who may be reluctant to open investigations on certain individuals based on the rhetoric coming from the President and the Attorney General or…

But President Trump has not only said he would be open to receiving foreign help in the next election, but he's also repeatedly disparaged the men and women in the intelligence community.

Now, members of the President's own administration have been very clear in stating that Russia attacked our elections in 2016 and will likely try to do it again.

I consider no more a sacred responsibility that we have as Members of Congress than to preserve our democracy and ensure that no foreign adversary of the United States interferes with American elections.

This legislation will require the State Department to compile a list of foreign individuals who commit violations against members of the LGBTI community.

It speaks volumes to the LGBTI community around the world that the U.S. House stands united in support of the fundamental rights the LGBTI community to live with dignity.

The President's embrace of authoritarian rulers such as North Korea's Kim Jong Un or Saudi Arabia's Mohammad bin Salman enhances or undercuts the human rights demands

The strategy is to achieve what objective? Maybe that is the question.

The objectives of the Administration's policy are incoherent.

That is sort of rich on the sort of the moment that Iran is about to increase its capabilities to, in fact, develop a nuclear weapon as a result of us walking away from the agreement.

But you said in your testimony that where you have made, our strategy is working. Based on what?

I am just wondering, as the person in charge of this effort...

Isn't that the whole point?

I want to associate myself with my colleagues' remarks, particularly the chairman's, about the absence of an authorization to strike Iran under any existing AUMF or constitutional authorities.

I am very concerned that the actions taken by the Administration over the last 18 months have isolated the United States and brought us closer to war.

The Trump Administration's impulsive actions are isolating the United States from our allies, which makes it harder to counter Iran's nuclear and non-nuclear behavior.

I have four primary worries about the Administration's policy and I question its coherence, its impact on our international leadership, its effectiveness, and, at times, its recklessness.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 121, line 7, after the first and second dollar amounts, insert ``(increased by $500,000)''. Page 134…

Just because you do not like the process does not mean you get to ignore it.

This is an administration that has cozied up to Riyadh, sweeping aside gross human rights violations.

The administration is trying to abuse the law in order to sell weapons to supposed allies, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

Let me be clear. I believe this committee, on a bipartisan basis, is absolutely committed to supporting America's allies.

I am now going to ask unanimous consent to add a number of letters and statements to the record regarding the subcommittee's recently announced investigation into major technology firms' potential anticompetitive behavior.