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David Cicilline

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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.

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Dec 10, 2019

It is wrong for the United States President to use his position for himself. It is wrong.

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Dec 10, 2019

We are withholding the military aid because the Ukrainians need to investigate 2016.

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Dec 10, 2019

The idea that Donald Trump was leading an anticorruption effort is like Kim Jung-un leading a human rights effort.

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Dec 10, 2019

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.

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Dec 10, 2019

If you are not up to the job, you don't belong in Congress.

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Dec 10, 2019

Vice President Biden's firing of the prior prosecutor was done in accordance with official U.S. policy.

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Dec 10, 2019

80 percent of those bills are lying on Mitch McConnell's desk awaiting action.

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Dec 10, 2019

We have passed nearly 400 pieces of legislation since Democrats took the majority. 275 of those bills are bipartisan.

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Dec 10, 2019

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.

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Dec 10, 2019

President Trump's call was anything but perfect.

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Dec 10, 2019

What President Trump was doing was not official U.S. policy, and all the witnesses confirmed that.

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Dec 10, 2019

It is about the President of the United States using the power of his office to smear a political opponent.

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Dec 10, 2019

The President of the United States violated the public trust, undermined the national security of the United States, betrayed our national interests

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Dec 10, 2019

A President who corrupts the system of elections seeks to place himself beyond the reach of this political check.

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Dec 10, 2019

Impeachment is an especially essential remedy for conduct that corrupts elections.

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Dec 10, 2019

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.

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Dec 10, 2019

The President solicited the interference of a foreign government, Ukraine, in the 2020 U.S. Presidential election.

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Dec 10, 2019

The evidence is absolutely to the contrary--all of the evidence.

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Dec 10, 2019

The impeachment of President Nixon, although he had committed many crimes, the committee voted impeachment for abuse of power and obstruction of justice.

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Dec 10, 2019

Whether President Trump's conduct is classified as bribery, as a high crime or misdemeanor, or both, it is clearly impeachable under our Constitution.

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Dec 10, 2019

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.

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Dec 10, 2019

Impeachment is a remedy for grave abuses of the public trust.

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Dec 10, 2019

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.

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Dec 10, 2019

Crimes and impeachable offenses are different things.

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Dec 10, 2019

American military aid was a lifeline for this emerging democracy.

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