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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jan 19, 2022

the recent efforts in my State to undermine the continuance of American democracy highlight the importance of passing Federal voting rights legislation

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jan 19, 2022

Black and Brown Americans face the greatest assault on our voting rights in decades.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jan 19, 2022

Do not be fooled by those who call voting legislation a Federal takeover of State elections.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jan 19, 2022

North Carolina's experience shows that progressive voting laws do not uniformly benefit Democrats and disadvantage Republicans.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jan 19, 2022

I want to correct a misconception that Members of both parties have that expanding voting rights only helps Democrats at the ballot box.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jan 19, 2022

this past weekend is our annual reminder as a country of the courage, suffering, sacrifice, passion, love, and energy that so many of our fellow Americans put into protecting our democracy. When in a democracy, one group of citizens can…

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jan 18, 2022

Bringing competition to monopolies and more regulation is what Mr. St. Onge just recommended.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jan 18, 2022

Thanks to President Biden's American Rescue Plan our economy is experiencing the fastest recovery in United States history.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jan 18, 2022

Our antitrust laws attempt to keep companies from getting too big because when you are big you have more power.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jan 18, 2022

It's kind of hard to figure out why that would be the cause.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jan 18, 2022

The problems are money and politics. The big agribusinesses are paying for the regulations that are not being enforced.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jan 18, 2022

So, how do we balance the power and shift toward the fair, healthy, and climate friendly food system we desperately need?

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jan 18, 2022

The truth is massive corporations do not have to impose record price increases on ordinary Americans amid this pandemic.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jan 18, 2022

Unfortunately, in recent decades narrow antitrust enforcement has sidelined political and social protections.

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Jan 12, 2022

But what struck me is that the production is not even up to the levels that they have set for themselves.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jan 12, 2022

So far, it has been a very large array of trespassing and glorified trespassing prosecutions of people who actually broke into the building. But it has not gone into the various rings that might have supported it or into the key fund…

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Jan 12, 2022

I think history will treat it as the right thing to do.

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