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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Mar 11, 2021

Our legislation would give news publishers an even playing field to collectively negotiate with the dominant platforms to improve the quality, accuracy, attribution, and functioning of news online.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Mar 11, 2021

Our country will not survive if we do not operate with a shared set of facts, if corruption is not exposed and rooted out at all levels of government, and if power is not held to account.

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Jim Langevin
@jimlangevin· Democratic · RI· Mar 11, 2021

Thank you, Secretary Work. Greatly appreciate your contributions and efforts on this extraordinary report and effort.

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Jim Langevin
@jimlangevin· Democratic · RI· Mar 11, 2021

Good morning, everyone. I call this joint subcommittee hearing together with the Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovation Technologies, and Information Systems, along with the Subcommittee on Oversight and Government Reform--National Security…

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Jim Langevin
@jimlangevin· Democratic · RI· Mar 11, 2021

China is using American taxpayers' dollars to fund its military and economic modernization.

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Jim Langevin
@jimlangevin· Democratic · RI· Mar 11, 2021

It's why it's so important that we have international engagement and leadership on AI.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Mar 11, 2021

If we don`t show the American people what this dark money operation is and try to dig at who`s behind it, then we`re doing a real disservice to the American people.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Mar 11, 2021

Courtrooms ought to be open places where you know who is present, not a place where powerful players can come masked behind front groups hiding both their own identity and their interconnections.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Mar 11, 2021

Enormously. Enormously. It would do two things. First of all, it makes government money a thing of the past for contributions over $10,000.

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Mar 10, 2021

Mr. Speaker, I don't need a sheet of paper to express my words here today. I rise in objection to this bill, because this bill is being passed on the backs of 500,000 plus of our fellow American citizens' deaths, under the guise that you…

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Mar 10, 2021

Mr. Speaker, people often wonder: Does government understand what is happening in my life and the family's life? Despite the arguments of our Republican colleagues that the pandemic has passed, that the economy is fine, and that no relief…

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Mar 10, 2021

Through various research trials, evidence has shown that medication-assisted treatment is an effective treatment for opioid addiction.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Mar 10, 2021

With the American Rescue Plan, Congress just passed the most significant child poverty reduction policy in a generation.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Mar 10, 2021

Equally important is Congress' responsibility to examine how drug laws contribute to increased law enforcement interventions, unnecessary incarcerations, when public health alternatives are often much more appropriate.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Mar 10, 2021

Mr. Speaker, in 2015, a white supremacist with a criminal record was allowed to purchase a gun which he used to kill nine parishioners at Mother Emanuel AME Church in South Carolina. That shooter, who was prohibited under Federal law from…

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Mar 10, 2021

The War on Drugs we know has led to the overcriminalization of Americans, with communities of color experiencing oversurveillance leading to increased arrests and disproportionately harsh sentences.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Mar 9, 2021

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the PRO Act. Union membership is at historic lows while inequality is at historic highs. The tremendous income inequality in our country is due, in large part, to antiunion policies that have…

Congressional Record · 2021-03-09
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Mar 9, 2021

I have been in the way that the natural gas industry conducted itself recently with regard to methane leakage.

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