David Cicilline

I certainly do, and if you could put in a word with your Senate colleagues, we would love to have the nominee confirmed to lead the office on a permanent basis.

Anyone but the President who committed those acts would be charged with obstruction of justice.

The facts as laid out in the report are accurate.

An unsuccessful attempt to obstruct justice is still a crime. Is that correct?

The message directed Sessions to give--and I am quoting from your report--to give a public speech saying that he planned to meet with the special prosecutor to explain this is very unfair and let the special prosecutor move forward with…

So, right after his White House counsel, Mr. McGahn, refused to follow the President's order to fire you, the President came up with a new plan, and that was to go around to all of his senior advisers and government aides to have a private…

McGahn recalled that the President was more direct, saying something like: Call Rod, tell Rod that Mueller has conflicts and can't be the special counsel.

News of the obstruction investigation prompted the President to call McGahn and seek to have the special counsel removed.

Are you aware that the chairwoman... has made disparaging comments and argued against the rights of LGBTI people?

Respect for human rights and counterterrorism go hand-in-hand.

Are you aware that the Chairwoman, and some of the other members of this Commission, has a history of publicly arguing against and disparaging the rights of LGBTI individuals?

What type of message do you think it sends to the LGBTI community when the State Department... has a chair of a commission that has historically been used to discriminate against the LGBTQI community?

Those of us who believe that the United States plays an important role in defending human rights around the world...

Since September 11th, more Americans have been killed in the United States by a white nationalist terrorist than by radical Jihadist terrorists.

The four corners of the documents are damning and disturbing and our substantial evidence of wrongdoing.

What is at stake here is the security of our democracy, and that this was an attack on American democracy.

The responsibility to hold a president accountable rest with Congress to vindicate the principle that no one is above the law.

I think what you'll hear from Mr. Mueller is recounting of the evidence in the report, that supports the claims of serious misconduct by this president.

That he then directed Don McGahn to lie and said that he never told him to do that, and even directed him to create a false document, memorializing that lie for the future.

I think we all understand that Mr. Mueller is likely to limit his testimony to the content of his report and his investigation.

I am proud to be an original cosponsor of Mr. Deutch's bill, H.R. 1837, the U.S.-Israel Cooperation Enhancement and Regional Security Act.

It is the only democracy in the strategically important region.

I rise in support of the en bloc package before the committee.

Elections will be decided by the American people and no one else.

The world is watching, our adversaries are watching whether or not the Congress of the United States is united in our defense of our democracy.