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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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Oct 15, 2019

the President discharged the American ambassador to the Ukraine because that individual refused to play ball and was somehow impeding this scheme to put pressure on the new Ukrainian president to interfere in an American presidential…

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Oct 15, 2019

what we're learning is that career diplomats, individuals who have dedicated their lives to serving our country and representing the United States in dangerous places all over the world expected the President of the United States will…

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Oct 15, 2019

It's a terrible betrayal of his oath of office. It's un-American, unpatriotic and we're collecting evidence that I think will compel the Congress to take action to hold the President accountable.

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Oct 15, 2019

This is a tremendous abuse of power, abuse of his office. It compromised the national security of the United States and the integrity of our elections. It was a betrayal of his oath of office.

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Oct 15, 2019

The President's phone call to President Zelensky was really the tip of the iceberg. That there was an elaborate scheme in which the President engaged many parts of the State Department and people outside the government to advance his plan…

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Sep 26, 2019

Thank you to our witnesses for this very useful and important testimony.

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Sep 26, 2019

There's nothing more fundamental than protecting the right of the American people to have their voices heard and their votes counted in our elections, and this requires strong leadership from everyone at every level of government.

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Sep 24, 2019

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have several unanimous consent requests.

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Sep 24, 2019

When the ban lapsed in 2004, the numbers of gun massacres shot up, with a 183 percent increase in massacres.

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Sep 24, 2019

I ask unanimous consent to have a report, a study by the Violence Policy Center that shows one in four law enforcement officers slain in the line of duty by an assault weapon.

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Sep 24, 2019

The people of Hong Kong deserve to determine their own future.

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Sep 24, 2019

I ask unanimous consent that this report of a 2018 study published in the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, which found that mass fatalities were 70 percent less likely to occur during the 1994 Assault Weapon Ban, period.

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Sep 24, 2019

Finally, a Fox News poll that shows 67 percent of Americans support an assault weapons ban.

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Sep 24, 2019

In mass shootings, 63 percent more people were killed when shooters used assault weapons or high-capacity weapons rather than other types of firearms.

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Sep 24, 2019

I believe that the U.S. must, instead, work as a partner to help create conditions whereby Hondurans, Guatemalans, and the Salvadorans can see a future in their home countries.

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Sep 24, 2019

Instead of attacking the problem of mass shootings head-on, we are building schools with curved hallways to minimize casualties from an active shooter.

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Sep 24, 2019

The truth is it was the law for 10 years, from 1994 to 2004. It passed the House with 38 Republican votes.

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Sep 24, 2019

I reintroduced H.R. 1296, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2019, to address the harm that mass shootings have on our communities and to keep the American people safe from senseless acts of violence.

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Sep 24, 2019

Had the legislation been passed and signed into law, it would have prevented the tragedies we witnessed in Dayton, El Paso, and Gilroy.

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Sep 24, 2019

There is a tremendous and bipartisan agreement within Congress that we must engage the Northern Triangle countries in order to enhance security and prosperity and combat corruption.

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Sep 24, 2019

There is a reason why assault weapons have become the weapon of choice for mass killers. They are weapons of war designed to kill as many people as possible in as short a time as possible.

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Sep 24, 2019

These brave protestors have persisted despite brutal actions on the part of the Hong Kong police.

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Sep 20, 2019

I would like to build a little bit again on what the real impact of forced arbitration is on consumers and workers. According to data from the two biggest arbitration providers, the American Arbitration Association and JAMS, only 1,909…

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Sep 20, 2019

I would point out the family law cases that my friend just referenced, of course, are voluntary arbitration proceedings post dispute. This bill has nothing to do with that. This is pre-dispute forced arbitration. Madam Chair, I yield 1…

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Sep 20, 2019

I would just remind the gentleman that this is a bipartisan piece of legislation, and the most recent polling shows 87 percent of Republicans and 83 percent of Democrats support it. So it is broadly bipartisan all across the country. It is…

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