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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 am proud to cosponsor the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, legislation that bans products of forced labor by Uyghurs to the United States. I want to acknowledge and thank Chairman McGovern, Chairman Blumenauer, Ranking Member McCaul…
America will soon pass 200,000 deaths from COVID-19. This pandemic is now the second leading cause of death in our country, only behind heart disease. This year, it will kill more Americans than lung cancer, stroke, Alzheimer's, diabetes…
Transparency is something I am very interested in when it comes to the Federal Government...
Last March, as the COVID-19 pandemic first began to affect our day-to-day lives, the FBI warned that we could soon see a rise in hate crimes committed against Asian Americans. In this moment, President Trump could have tried to bring…
More than 4 months ago, the House passed the HEROES Act, legislation that protects our HEROES on the front line of this pandemic, our police officers, firefighters, healthcare workers, sanitation workers, it provides stimulus payments for…
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
I thank the extraordinary men and women who serve us in the United States Postal Service. I rise today to highlight President Trump's shameless attempts to degrade the United States Postal Service, a revered American institution. These…
Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 170 and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 168. Members Recorded Pursuant To House Resolution 965, 116th Congress Clay (Davids (KS)) Cleaver (Davids (KS)) DeSaulnier (Matsui) Frankel…
We need to ensure the antitrust laws first written more than a century ago work in the digital age.
the problem is Facebook is profiting off of and amplifying disinformation that harms others because it's profitable.
We are here to better understand the role your companies have in the digital marketplace.
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.
About 37 percent of those sellers rely on Amazon as their sole source of income.
Allowing this misinformation to spread can lead to violence, and, frankly, I believe it strikes at the very heart of the American democracy.
the most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing panic.
don't you agree that these articles viewed by millions on your platform will cost lives?
And you said that you can't guarantee that the policy of not sharing third-party sellers' data with Amazon's own line hasn't been violated; you couldn't be certain.
I want to thank the CEOs for quickly working with the subcommittee to appear today.
Our Founders would not bow before a king, nor should we bow before the emperors of the online economy.
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