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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jun 13, 2017

We sell out the victims of human trafficking when we misappropriate a tierage, Tier 3 being the worst and say you are okay when they are not.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jun 13, 2017

There is a window of opportunity with South Sudan and Salva Kiir and his leadership to really put pressure on them to end this conflict.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jun 13, 2017

We were told by the UNHCR's Regional Representative that the trigger was the 30 percent in the World Food Programme provisions.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jun 13, 2017

We have to make sure that that food does not diminish. It needs to actually be increased.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jun 13, 2017

the devastating cuts proposed in this budget would make it nearly impossible for America to lead the world

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Jun 13, 2017

Mr. President, today Senator Blunt and I are reintroducing the Family Self-Sufficiency Act, and we are pleased to be joined in this effort in this Congress by our colleagues, Senators Scott and Menendez. The Family Self Sufficient, FSS…

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jun 13, 2017

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for up to 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Climate Change

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jun 13, 2017

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas…

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jun 13, 2017

Mr. President, however loud, persistent, and powerful the climate denial operation has been, we have to remember that it has always been built on lies. It is a huge fortress of lies stacked upon lies--lies about the science, lies about the…

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jun 12, 2017

the Trump administration's handling of this serious situation has been ham-fisted and confounding.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jun 12, 2017

Mr. Speaker, on June 12, 2016, 49 Americans were gunned down at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando. Tonight we remember the beautiful lives lost and all those who suffered injury in this horrific attack. Sadly, LGBT Americans continue to be…

Congressional Record · 2017-06-12
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jun 12, 2017

The founding fathers' word for this would, I think, have been corruption.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jun 12, 2017

That may be the most disgraceful Senate process in the history of this body and it is certainly a closed door deal.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jun 12, 2017

What do we do as a country when we see that monopolistic behavior?

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jun 12, 2017

I can remember once when our Republican colleagues were so sensitive to regular order in the Senate...

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jun 12, 2017

I am very worried that the EPA will not do much enforcing of environmental laws during this Administration.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jun 12, 2017

I think that the Environmental Protection Agency has, in a nutshell, been captured by a corporate polluter raiding party

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