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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.
I think it is important in this discussion to recognize that by suggesting that this amendment, which would require that this information be provided to people in Spanish, does not mean every document, including airplane manuals or every…
We ought to be prepared to be sure that that community has this information in their language as well.
What we are really asking is what is best for our country in these early years?
I want to speak in strong support of the amendment and thank the gentlelady from California for raising this really important issue.
There is a special role that new immigrants or immigrants to this country often who do not speak English, particularly who speak Spanish, are playing in job creation.
Let me be clear, we do not have to abandon Americans in poverty or fail to invest in working class families to reduce our deficits and pay down our debts.
We cannot reduce our deficits simply by cutting food for hungry children or stripping our schools of computers and new books.
We need to make certain that whatever resources are required to implement that program...
As of this past January, the unemployment rate in Rhode Island stood at an unacceptable high 10.9 percent.
We must immediately address the chronically unemployed who have grown by 441% since 2008 by providing them with the emergency funding to extend, not cut, Unemployment Insurance to those who have exhausted their benefits.
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