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David Nicola Cicilline is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Rhode Island's 1st congressional district since January 5, 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, Cicilline has focused on issues such as economic development, healthcare, and civil rights during his tenure in Congress. He previously served as the Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, from 2003 to 2011, where he worked on urban revitalization and public safety initiatives.
You're absolutely right. In my State, in the cities of Woonsocket and Pawtucket and Central Falls and Providence, which all have mill buildings that were filled during a different time, filled with good-paying jobs, and so we have to make…
Absolutely. First and foremost, I want to congratulate you again because you have led the country with the manufacturing center, being the very first one. And I'm hoping we're going take a group from Rhode Island soon to visit so we can…
I thank the gentleman from Ohio for yielding and for your very powerful leadership of the Manufacturing Caucus here in the House. As you know, tomorrow, October 4, we celebrate National Manufacturing Day, which is an opportunity to…
We're now in our 37th hour of the House Republican shutdown; 800,000 Federal employees have been furloughed from their jobs; 800,000 Americans don't know how they'll be able to pay their bills and provide for their families because Speaker…
Today's the first day of the Republican shutdown of our government. It's a disgrace. And why? Because of this obsession with repealing, weakening or defunding ObamaCare, a bill that was passed by both Chambers after full debate, signed by…
the Affordable Care Act will actually reduce the deficit by billions of dollars over the next 10 years and even more over the next 20 years.
there is no question, the Affordable Care Act, if it were repealed, would substantially add to the deficit.
the position our Republican colleagues, unfortunately, have taken is that we are going to shut down the government if we don't accomplish the goal of shutting down the Affordable Care Act.
these two sort of policies that we have heard so much from our friends on the other side of the aisle... will actually increase the deficit.
the biggest shortcoming of this House Republican budget is that it keeps the tax increases associated with Obamacare.
it is sort of hard to understand, if the Affordable Care Act is contributing to deficit reduction, why the strategy is being advanced...
the maintenance of sequestration will result in substantial job losses both in the current year and in the next fiscal year.
Thank you, Dr. Elmendorf, for this excellent report and for being here today.
And one would think that we should be putting together a plan to protect and strengthen those programs...
That is irresponsible and reckless, given the impact that not paying our bills would have on the economy.
This is the final amendment to the bill which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended. Much of the debate today has properly focused on the importance…
9 months after the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, our country is once again facing the terrible reality of another horrific mass shooting. In this case, 12 innocent men and women were murdered at the Washington…
I am opposed. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Cicilline moves to recommit the bill H.R. 761 to the Committee on Natural Resources with instructions to report the same…
I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for an electronic vote on the question of passage. This is a 5-minute…
a more serious and sustained commitment from Congress to support State Department needs which in total constitute a small percentage both of the full national budget and that spent for national security.
this notion that resourcing is important in keeping our diplomatic corps safe is something that was identified in the report, correct?
It is important that we hold the terrorists responsible for this activity accountable.
On this very somber anniversary, we remember the lives of 2,977 innocent men, women, and children who were killed 12 years ago today. The horrific and brutal attacks that we witnessed the morning of September 11, 2001, forever changed our…
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