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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Sep 23, 2020

The President yesterday refused to say that he would accept the results of the election if he lost and accept a peaceful transfer of power.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Sep 23, 2020

We need resources to fund motion pictures and content for people of color behind the camera to tell their stories.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Sep 23, 2020

Of course, ballots and the right to vote are the cornerstone of our democracy and the most powerful expression of that democracy.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Sep 23, 2020

I, too, was deeply saddened by the fact that that vote against that resolution was not unanimous.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Sep 23, 2020

It is an organization whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on black communities.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Sep 23, 2020

Mr. President, this is a ``Time to Wake Up'' good news-bad news speech. The good news from last week is on business community support for carbon pricing. What is carbon pricing? Well, remember that IMF--the International Monetary…

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Sep 23, 2020

Madam President, I rise today to honor the life of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and to express my grave concerns at rushing to fill this Supreme Court vacancy rather than focus on the pandemic and its health and economic devastation. The…

Congressional Record · 2020-09-23
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Sep 23, 2020

Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, I had a speech prepared to give, but I am not going to read that speech because I think the chairman from Massachusetts highlighted the crux of the problem we face in…

Congressional Record · 2020-09-23
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Sep 23, 2020

Mr. President, today I am pleased to introduce the Timely Reauthorization of Necessary Stem Cell Programs Lends Access to Needed Therapies (TRANSPLANT) Act of 2020 with Senators Richard Burr, Tina Smith, and Tim Scott. This bill offers…

Congressional Record · 2020-09-23
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Sep 22, 2020

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse from the Judiciary Committee is on THE BEAT tomorrow.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Sep 22, 2020

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Meyers…

Congressional Record · 2020-09-22
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Sep 22, 2020

Mr. President, I stand in a distressing place of speaking after Senator Brown, of Ohio, and before Senator Blumenthal, of Connecticut, but I am delighted to be here tonight because the issues are so important. We are in a place in the…

Congressional Record · 2020-09-22
David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Sep 22, 2020

Madam Speaker, I am proud to cosponsor the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, legislation that bans products of forced labor by Uyghurs to the United States. I want to acknowledge and thank Chairman McGovern, Chairman Blumenauer, Ranking…

Congressional Record · 2020-09-22
David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Sep 22, 2020

America will soon pass 200,000 deaths from COVID-19. This pandemic is now the second leading cause of death in our country, only behind heart disease. This year, it will kill more Americans than lung cancer, stroke, Alzheimer's, diabetes…

Congressional Record · 2020-09-22
David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Sep 21, 2020

Transparency is something I am very interested in when it comes to the Federal Government...

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Sep 21, 2020

the same sixteen foundations had given over $33 million to the Federalist Society over the same period

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Sep 21, 2020

The Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Ginsburg's death makes this hearing salient as well as poignant.

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