David Cicilline
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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.
We need to incentivize investment in the United States and discourage outsourcing.
I would just note that the bill you're referring to I'm proud to be a co-sponsor of.
We should have a robust protectionist trade policy that protects the American people from concentrations of power and protects the international system on which we depend for promoting a peaceful international set of democracies.
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.
Finally, we should utilize the Defense Production Act to ensure that we have sufficient supplies of essential goods and to crack down on bad-faith hoarding of scarce products to resell at exorbitant prices.
Our economy is still recovering from 2 years of a once-in-a-generation pandemic that basically shut down our economy. As Americans stopped going out and spending money, companies slowed production not only to meet this change in demand but…
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?
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.
I just hope that you will commit to streamlining democracy and human rights funding to include gender equity, empowerment, and inclusive LGBTQIA people.
They're not actually interested in that because they have a 60-page memo prepared by the Ranking Member of this Committee...