David Cicilline

The recent efforts in my State to undermine the continuance of American democracy highlight the importance of passing Federal voting rights legislation

The fact of the matter is Latinos are pretty much an independent group. We are socially conservative. We are pro-police. We are pro-ICE. We are split on abortion.

When we see voter ID, when you see all these efforts to stop people from voting, think about this...

We believe that the only way we can protect the voting rights of Latinos, African Americans, and Native Americans in the entire country is by passing protections that will take care of Latinos.

There is no more time to wait.

Do not be fooled by those who call voting legislation a Federal takeover of State elections.

This is a tragedy. It's a tragedy for our country that some of its leaders have embraced the idea in the year 2022 that true multiracial and multiethnic democracy is a threat to them.

They want power at all costs.

One of the two major political parties has chosen to reverse its historic support for strong voter rights protection.

Make no mistake, at this moment our nation's democracy stands on the precipice.

Black and Brown Americans face the greatest assault on our voting rights in decades.

Tell them that article 1, section 4 of the Constitution gives Congress the power to make laws that control the time, place, and manner of Federal elections.

The problems are money and politics. The big agribusinesses are paying for the regulations that are not being enforced.

The truth is massive corporations do not have to impose record price increases on ordinary Americans amid this pandemic.

Bringing competition to monopolies and more regulation is what Mr. St. Onge just recommended.

It's kind of hard to figure out why that would be the cause.

So, how do we balance the power and shift toward the fair, healthy, and climate friendly food system we desperately need?

Unfortunately, in recent decades narrow antitrust enforcement has sidelined political and social protections.

Our antitrust laws attempt to keep companies from getting too big because when you are big you have more power.

Thanks to President Biden's American Rescue Plan our economy is experiencing the fastest recovery in United States history.

Capitalism without competition is exploitation.

We have to continue to demand that they pass the Voting Rights Act, the For the People Act, so that we can preserve the right for people in the country to vote and have the votes counted.

It cannot be the case that two senators care more deeply about preserving Senate tradition than preserving our democracy, because they’ll preserve a filibuster in what kind of country?

Donald Trump incited this insurrection. He want it to happen, he wanted electoral count to stop and watched as police officers were being attacked and maimed, 150 officers were hurt, five people died as result of the events of that day…

We always tout cities as the great innovators, the incubators of great ideas, the place in government closest to the people.