David Cicilline

The President, former President of the United States committed high crimes and misdemeanors by inciting a violent insurrection against the government of the United States, he must be found guilty.

This is the most bipartisan impeachment in American history.

A President is responsible from the first day in office to the last day in office for their conduct and we have a constitutional responsibility to hold this former President accountable and to proceed with the trial in the Senate.

The President of the United States, now the former President of the United States incited an attack on our Capitol, an insurrection that resulted in the death of five people, dozens of others injured, serious damage to the Capitol, all to…

We are ready whenever the Senate is ready to allow us to begin. We will deliver the articles on Monday, and we are prepared to proceed Monday.

This is the most serious attack on our democracy of our lifetime, and this evidence that you are talking about today is just one more example of a president desperate to hold on to power.

This was an effort by the president to feed lie to his supporters to the point that they became enraged and violent.

Well, Lawrence, what we know is the article of impeachment charges the president with incitement of insurrection, and that insurrection happened at the capitol on January 6th, which was the meeting of the Electoral College, this sacred…

The consequences of not doing it are, it will likely invite the president to engage in more misconduct.

You have been a principal voice for American global leadership and for the power of America's example around the world.

The reason that this investigation is so important to the future of our country is because our country has a history of this battle between concentrated economic power, monopolies, and democracy.

The urgency of doing our work cannot be overstated.

We need actually bright-line rules.

We definitely need to reform the standards that are completely broken.

It is incumbent on the Congress of the United States to fulfill our responsibility to make sure our economy works and we safeguard our democracy.

We can't wait 5, 10 years for an antitrust case to finish up.

Without regulatory intervention, these companies will continue to act in their self-interests rather than in the interest of free and fair competition or privacy.

Structurally separating the platforms from the commerce will give everyone a fair shot at innovating, reaping the rewards of their hard work.

I do not believe Section 2 is sufficient because the soft preferencing and soft prioritization is so rampant.

There is nothing more congressional than antitrust law.

Congress should use bright-line rules and presumptions to remove complexity and make antitrust cases easier, faster, and cheaper.

Ultimately, we are depending on you, Congress, to fix this.

We've been under monopoly rule for so long, but we're suffering from a crisis of imagination.

Protecting competition in digital marketplaces requires that the laws efficiently distinguish between pro- and anti-competitive conduct.

Congress must stand up to these new robber barons to protect our public institutions, to restore democratic and economic freedoms.