David Cicilline

I have to say for me it is sad to see in an ongoing and desperate attempt to please the impeached President that some are continuing to malign the extraordinary men and women of the FBI who serve the American people with honor.

In my view, reproductive rights are human rights and without full access to reproductive health care including information about comprehensive sexuality education, contraception, and access to abortion, women and girls are undermined in…

If I may just respond to some arguments that this will undermine our rights to self-defense. The President always has a legal right to defend America and defend U.S. forces and embassies. This resolution explicitly exempts the defensive…

It is our responsibility as a result to be certain that we keep your voice alive and the voices of other survivors to share your story and, most importantly, for all of us to absorb the lessons of the Holocaust.

What we don't want to do is an effort to respond to this request actually make a very deadly problem more deadly.

If there is any danger that an extension on this will make the problem worse and make more victims of this public health crisis, then that is not a good idea.

This notion of if we don't do this, the Attorney General has made the argument that somehow fentanyl will become legal is not true.

In my State, 233 Rhode Islanders last year lost their lives to opioid overdoses, so we want to get this right.

There is clearly the political desire among the Mexican people to do this.

This bill will make important investments in education and early childhood development, recognizing the importance of safety, access to clean water and food, and access to education.

I strongly support H.R. 4864, the Global Child Thrive Act, sponsored by my friends, Joaquin Castro and Brian Fitzpatrick.

Men and women have died on the battlefield to protect our democracy. The least we could do is show the courage to stand up tonight and do our part to protect our democracy.

As the -- at the Constitutional Convention, George Mason described impeachable offenses as attempts to subvert the constitution.

Impeachment isn't especially the central remedy for conduct that corrupts elections. The primary check on President's power is political ever.

If we set that precedent, if we decide the president is above the law, then we will no longer live in a democracy. We will live in a dictatorship trading the values of Madison for the values of Moscow.

Impeachable offenses as Alexander Hamilton explained are, 'abuses of public trust, injuries done to society itself.' High crimes, in other words, are abuses of power committed against the people. This is exactly what President Trump has…

Since our founders ratified the constitution in 1788, the President of the United States has had a duty to advance our national interests, not his own personal or political interest.

If a President cheats in his efforts at reelection, trusting the Democratic process to serve as a check through that election is no remedy at all.

This is not about a policy disagreement. This is about an obligation we have to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

The President, and others acting on his behalf, demanded that President Zelensky publicly announce an investigation of the President's chief political rival.

The President put a hold on military aid to Ukraine.

The President engaged in a smear campaign against Ambassador Yovanovitch and then fired her because she was an anticorruption fighter.

This series of events was described by Trump officials, Ambassador Bolton to be particular, as a drug deal.

The obstruction came from the chairman of the Intel Committee.

Let's not sell out the country for our own desire, which is exactly what we are charged with protecting our country from President Trump doing.