I support the $70 billion for the international affairs budget, and, I will summarize, that really reinforces the three-pronged approach diplomacy to fight terrorism, supporting our allies, building new markets for U.S. goods and services, combating pandemics, and providing lifesaving humanitarian assistance.
Cicilline emphasizes the importance of international affairs funding for various global issues.
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Congress certainly has the authority to do that and I think that's one of the key issues for this Committee and the Congress to consider.
We are glad Representative Cicilline introduced H.R. 698, the Assault Weapons Ban Act, which would ban the future manufacture and sale of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines.
So, people are taking legally purchased pistols, adding these devices marketed as stabilizing braces but which are actually shoulder stocks and changing the character of the gun, transforming it into an unregistered short-barreled rifle.
We must remember that child abduction is child abuse and it has devastating emotional, psychological, and even physical consequences for both abducted children and their families left behind.
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