It is wrong for the United States President to use his position for himself. It is wrong.
David Cicilline
The Public Record
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.
We are withholding the military aid because the Ukrainians need to investigate 2016.
The idea that Donald Trump was leading an anticorruption effort is like Kim Jung-un leading a human rights effort.
These extraordinary, courageous patriots who love our country spoke up when they saw something that was wrong, that violated the law, violated the Constitution, and undermined the national security interests of the United States.
Vice President Biden's firing of the prior prosecutor was done in accordance with official U.S. policy.
80 percent of those bills are lying on Mitch McConnell's desk awaiting action.
We have passed nearly 400 pieces of legislation since Democrats took the majority. 275 of those bills are bipartisan.
The President was never interested in fighting corruption in Ukraine. He was only interested in weaponizing corruption in Ukraine for his own personal benefit, and that is why we must hold him accountable for an abuse of power.
What President Trump was doing was not official U.S. policy, and all the witnesses confirmed that.
It is about the President of the United States using the power of his office to smear a political opponent.
The President of the United States violated the public trust, undermined the national security of the United States, betrayed our national interests
A President who corrupts the system of elections seeks to place himself beyond the reach of this political check.
Impeachment is an especially essential remedy for conduct that corrupts elections.
If the President or anyone else impedes or subverts the national security of the United States in order to further a domestic, political, or personal interest, that is more than worthy of your attention.
The President solicited the interference of a foreign government, Ukraine, in the 2020 U.S. Presidential election.
The impeachment of President Nixon, although he had committed many crimes, the committee voted impeachment for abuse of power and obstruction of justice.
Whether President Trump's conduct is classified as bribery, as a high crime or misdemeanor, or both, it is clearly impeachable under our Constitution.
If a President cheats in his effort at reelection, trusting the democratic process to serve as a check to that election is no remedy at all.
The President's conduct is precisely the type of threat to our democracy that the Founders feared when they included the remedy of impeachment in the Constitution.





