David Cicilline

This Committee, and also the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee--really does have a lot of work to do to bring antitrust laws up-to-date and make sure that we have bold and strong antitrust enforcement.

Critics of the Biden Administration have tried to use inflation and supply chain disruptions, and even Russia's attack on Ukraine, to score some political advantage.

I think Congress ought to restore and strengthen that authority as well.

I would just note that the bill you're referring to I'm proud to be a co-sponsor of.

Let this hearing serve as a warning to the Putin regime we will do all we can to hold you and your enablers responsible for your crimes.

Do you get a chance to talk to the lower level officers within local law enforcement agencies much or do you not get that opportunity?

Fortunately, President Biden has begun to reverse that process.

Thank you, and I hope you will look at the practices that the United States Air Force has adopted and consider doing exactly the same thing.

They're not actually interested in that because they have a 60-page memo prepared by the Ranking Member of this Committee...

I just hope that you will commit to streamlining democracy and human rights funding to include gender equity, empowerment, and inclusive LGBTQIA people.

In recent years, we have seen an alarming number of cyberattacks on our Nation's infrastructure, including election systems, police departments, local governments, and hospitals.

What is happening in Ukraine is a humanitarian disaster, an unjustified illegal war that is that is devastating a country.

President Biden`s announcement today is to ban the import of oil. But, in addition to that, he included provisions to prohibit the financing of Russian energy projects, which is very, very important, and also prohibited the investments in…

The American people do not want to finance this war, do not want to finance the deadly machine that is killing women and children and innocent civilians.

If we could choke off the revenue supply to Russia and cripple their economy, Vladimir Putin won`t be able to finance this aggressive campaign.

If people don't trust law enforcement, then they won't talk to you, and they won't testify in court.

Would it surprise you to learn that every single Republican in the entire House of Representatives... voted against exactly those strategies?

Thank you. Ms. Deberry and Ms. Richardson, you both observe that crime is up across the country irrespective of the political affiliation...

Despite all the histrionics of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle, I hope those efforts can continue in police departments across the country.

Thank you. We have in the City of Providence a program that was started by the Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence that supported a group of young people called street workers that are actually former gang Members, people…

The single most powerful tool the police department has to fight crime is the trust and confidence of the community.

So, despite the fiery speeches of my colleagues, every single Republican on this Committee and every single Republican in the Congress of the United States voted no for this funding for police departments in direct response to the…

I don't think you need to raid police budgets to do that.

Madam Chair, I have a unanimous consent request.

I think my friend from Rhode Island is actually working on big tech issues as well...