Political Quotes

On the recordOctober 7, 2015
I and 71 of my colleagues have called on the United States to accept an additional 100,000 refugees, a total of 200,000 refugees in total.
Said by
David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Cicilline advocates for increasing the number of accepted refugees to address the crisis.

Share

More from David Cicilline

Apr 25, 2023

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.

congress.gov
Apr 25, 2023

Because it ignores the fundamental reality that our country has been made stronger, more vibrant, more dynamic, more powerful because of the arrival of immigrants, and refugees, and asylum seekers.

congress.gov
Apr 26, 2023

Our civil liberties are not currency. They are not a price we pay for national security.

congress.gov
Apr 25, 2023

The idea that we would stop asylum and we somehow have compared it to overflowing bathtubs.

congress.gov

Other voices in this conversation