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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 think suggesting that the real answer is to export our responsibility to do that to another country or to make asylum seeking so difficult because you cannot work and you must stay in Mexico that people will not apply for it is not the…
The asylum system of the United States was once described as the crown jewel of America's humanitarian effort.
Thank you for your testimony and most importantly for the important work that you are doing.
I think that the earthquake and the Russians' manipulation of the UNSC authorizations of U.N. agencies tells us that the United States and other major donors and Turkiye need to explore large-scale national aid in a continuum outside the…
the world has really witnessed for the last 12 years the horrors carried out by the Assad regime against the Syrian people
We passed the Justice for Victims of War Crimes Act last Congress, a bill I worked on with Senators Grassley and Durbin and Leahy and Congresswoman Spartz here in the House, to make sure that we had additional ways to hold war criminals…
the United States is the largest humanitarian donor, allocating more than $15.8 billion since Fiscal Year 2012
Thank you, Chairman Wilson, and thank you to you and Ranking Member Phillips for calling this important hearing.
the humanitarian toll has been catastrophic as hundreds of thousands have been killed and millions more have become refugees
There is massive gun trafficking that ferries guns from those five Southern States with weak gun laws up I-95 to States like New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.
My colleagues vote repeatedly against even the most commonsense gun violence prevention measures.
If someone is a victim of a gun crime in New York City, dollars to doughnuts that gun was not originally purchased in New York State.
Unlike our Republican colleagues, Democrats have consistently advanced policies to make all our communities, including New York, safer places to live, to work, to worship, and to go to school.
Compare that to Mr. Jordan's Ohio, where the homicide rate is 73 percent higher than in Manhattan.
I don't see that happening in Manhattan, and it's caused more people to die.
They brought us here today to attack a district attorney who has actually seen a decrease in violent crime during his tenure.
I fear that you have been revictimized by this hearing because this hearing is not going to provide that change.
keeping Americans safe is one of the most, if not the most, important responsibilities that we have in government.
Crime prevention is a serious topic, and it deserves serious discussion, but that's not what this hearing is about.
We stand ready to pass legislation to address the serious issues facing all Americans if our Republican colleagues will let us.
more than that, they brought us here today to attack a district attorney who has actually seen a decrease in violent crime during his tenure.
Gun violence is now the leading cause of death of children in America and kills 40,000 Americans a year.
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