David Cicilline

Antitrust laws, and strong antitrust laws, are essential for freedom and for a thriving economy.

Lawmakers should open up competition through interoperability, and immediately, in order to preserve our elections.

Our democracy is hanging in the balance. The time to act is now, decisively and with courage.

This vision of America can be ours if we defeat the robber barons of today, just like we've done before, using the antitrust laws.

This committee is correct to be considering both regulatory tools as part of that solution.

This has to change. Congress, not the Supreme Court, must be the body responsible for defining the scope of those laws.

As Americans around the country bravely and fiercely stand up for racial justice in their communities, let us stand up for a Foreign Service that harnesses the rich experiences of all Americans and represents the brilliant and beautiful…

We must work together to do what the Foreign Service Act set out to do, to create a work force at the State Department that is representative of America.

Russian bounties on U.S. soldiers are an absolute outrage.

Their attempted annexation of Crimea, occupation of South Ossetia, and denying citizens of these regions the same rights and freedoms that other people enjoy cannot be ignored.

The United States has an important role in promoting democracy around the world and standing firm and unwavering in our support of international law and against foreign aggression.

Mr. Pack's conduct is a gift to our adversaries. It is shocking.

We need resources to fund motion pictures and content for people of color behind the camera to tell their stories.

The President yesterday refused to say that he would accept the results of the election if he lost and accept a peaceful transfer of power.

I, too, was deeply saddened by the fact that that vote against that resolution was not unanimous.

It is an organization whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on black communities.

Of course, ballots and the right to vote are the cornerstone of our democracy and the most powerful expression of that democracy.

Transparency is something I am very interested in when it comes to the Federal Government...

We know that Mr. Pompeo was not telling the truth when he denied knowing about the IG's arms sales investigation.

We have seen in our own country the exploitation of the pandemic, the dissemination by our president of misinformation to voters

Once again, their control of the marketplace allows them to do whatever it takes to crush independent business and expand their own power. This must end.

We need to ensure the antitrust laws first written more than a century ago work in the digital age.

These companies, as they exist today, have monopoly power. Some need to be broken up. All need to be properly regulated and held accountable.

Why don't we just let the First Amendment work? That's all we're asking.

Allowing this misinformation to spread can lead to violence, and, frankly, I believe it strikes at the very heart of the American democracy.