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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.
In 2015, a white supremacist with a criminal record was allowed to purchase a gun which he used to kill nine parishioners at Mother Emanuel AME Church in South Carolina. That shooter, who was prohibited under Federal law from owning a gun…
People often wonder: Does government understand what is happening in my life and the family's life? Despite the arguments of our Republican colleagues that the pandemic has passed, that the economy is fine, and that no relief is warranted…
George Floyd died under the knee of a police officer 302 days ago. In the time since then, 797 people--more than 2\1/2\ every day--have died during encounters with law enforcement. Black Americans are 2\1/2\ times as likely as White…
I have a motion at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Cicilline moves to lay the motion to reconsider on the table. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to…
Discrimination is wrong. We all know that. As children, we learn the golden rule: Treat others the way you yourself want to be treated. But, right now, discrimination is a fact of life for millions of LGBTQ Americans. The fact is that, in…
This concludes today's hearing and I again want to thank our distinguished Witnesses for their testimony.
I think there is consensus, both in the majority report and in the report prepared by my Republican colleagues, that self-preferencing is a problem with the dominant platforms.
If you can show those things, you win under the FCC's tribunal, and you can get relief.
I expect all the Members on both sides of the aisle to wear a mask for the duration of today's hearing.
The truth is that secret corporate funding like yours has distorted our discourse for far too long.
The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
I believe that there are well-reasoned and measured steps that we can take, such as passing Representative Brad Schneider's Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act that would focus the Federal Government's resources on the continuing threats to…
I am going to be reintroducing the Disarm Hate Act, which would close this loophole...
We know that White supremacists and far-right domestic extremists are the most significant domestic terrorist threat to our country.
we got the largest number, most bipartisan presidential impeachment in American history.
a substantial majority of members of the United States Senate found the former president of the United States guilty of inciting a violent insurrection against the government of the United States, 56-43.
it was obviously an acknowledgement from the Republican leader in the Senate that the House managers had done their job, that we had met the burden of proof that was required, that we had established the former president's guilt of a…
the president, again, was advised the Capitol was under attack, his own vice president, and they were pleading for help and he basically said, well, Kevin, obviously, they care about the election more than you do.
In those critical moments, we see President Trump engaging in a dereliction of his duty by further inciting the mob in real time to target the vice president with knowledge that the insurrection was ongoing.
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