David Cicilline

I want to focus on how the state of competition online is affecting real people in the communities we represent.

There's never been more choice and more opportunity.

I thank the gentleman for his thoughts. I would only say that the best way to assist Cyprus in weaning itself from the reliance of Russian weaponry is to lift the arms embargo, and this is something that both Cyprus and the United States…

Clearly, the Constitution allows this body and this Committee to consider whether or not obstruction's happened.

The perils of Congress being unable to do its constitutionally required work if an executive branch decides to prevent witnesses from coming forward

I think if Alexander Hamilton, great Founder who my friend mentioned, were alive, they would be appalled, frankly, at the conduct of this Committee.

As the President and Secretary of State spend time courting dictators like Kim Jong Un and Mohammad bin Salman and praise right-wing leaders like Viktor Orban, there is currently no clarity about the United States' position on human…

The U.S. Congress supports building alliances. We support diplomacy. We support human rights and representative government.

It is also beneficial for this committee to reaffirm our commitment to these principles, but I wish it weren't so necessary at this moment when it seems like the current administration has ventured quite far from our founding principles.

Thank you again to our distinguished witnesses.

It is an understatement that increasing Chapter 7 trustees' compensation is long overdue.

We have to address this question, but we also have to deal with kind of the source of the problem.

There wasn't a problem of young people gaming the system.

The system is gaming young people.

We all recognize the current system that creates or provides or exempts, I should say, Social Security benefits from the law's current definition of current monthly income for purposes of determining eligibility for consumer bankruptcy…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding back.

I am proud to be a cosponsor of Chair Nadler's bill. It is H.R. 2648, the Student Borrower Protection--excuse me, Student Borrower Bankruptcy Relief Act of 2019.

Make no mistake. We are here because the rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting poorer.

We thank Representative Cline and Chair Cicilline for sponsoring it in the House.

I am pleased that the gentleman from New York, Mr. Delgado, is here today to discuss his bipartisan legislation that will accomplish this vital goal.

Fortunately, our colleague from New York, Ms. Velazquez, is with us today to discuss her legislation that addresses this shortcoming in PROMESA.

I thank the gentleman from Virginia, Mr. Cline, for his leadership on this issue.

The overriding principle of the bankruptcy system is to give people who are overwhelmed with unimaginable debt a fresh start through meaningful relief from their debt.

The finding of Volume I of the special counsel's report that there was not evidence of a criminal conspiracy

I was saddened to hear my Republican colleagues try to suggest what we're doing today isn't important.