David Cicilline

But the Trump administration's use of rhetoric surrounding military force in Venezuela is unfortunate and counterproductive.

We must have a policy that continues to place pressure on him and that seeks a diplomatic solution in Venezuela.

The people of Venezuela deserve a better future, a future they determine, and we all believe the Venezuelan people have a right to pick their leaders, a right Maduro has denied his people by refusing to hold free and fair elections.

Nicolas Maduro is a dictator whose regime has destroyed Venezuela's economy, starved its people, and engaged in widespread corruption and repression.

This bill very simply restates the law as already enforced in the War Powers Act and laid out in our Constitution that any military force with respect to Venezuela must be authorized by Congress.

However, because of the belligerent and irresponsible language by Trump administration officials, we have no choice as a Congress but to weigh in and ensure that this administration understands that it does not have consent to engage in…

I wish this bill was not necessary. I would prefer we spent our time working to find ways to support the Venezuelan people and their efforts to establish democracy in Venezuela.

We cannot ignore stories like Kai's or pretend that they are isolated incidents.

The Equality Act is the next chapter in this story.

This legislation, introduced by Representative David Cicilline and supported by 240 bipartisan members of the House of Representatives, is our opportunity to affirm that this country's landmark civil rights guarantee all people the right…

Violence does not just take the form of mass shootings and vigilante murders. It is also family separation and refugee bans.

Some of them move to violence. Others mobilize to pull the country through policies and through politics ever more in the direction of bigotry, mistrust, and polarization.

It is not only the Trump Administration's rhetoric and refusal to unequivocally condemn White nationalism that is problematic but his actual xenophobic policies have emboldened the most openly racist elements of our society and posed grave…

There is no question that media companies play a role, not intentionally perhaps, but play a role in facilitating the spread of communications on behalf of White supremacists or on behalf of the White supremacy movement?

During the last 10 years, 76 percent of individuals killed by right-wing extremists were killed by White supremacists.

I regret that there are some on this panel who have tried to hijack this hearing and desecrate the lives lost.

We urge Congress to use its authority to restore Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's lands through the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act.

Thank you for allowing us to submit our testimony today to express our strong opposition to H.R. 312.

It seems really difficult for the United States to be an effective powerful advocate for democracy, rule of law, self-governance, frankly, when we have a president of the United States who is saying things which undermine those very…

I am deeply concerned about the lack of clarity, the contradictions, and the dangerous decisions that have been offered as a substitute for cohesive policy toward the Middle East and North Africa by this administration.

This Congress needs to continue to demand the information that it demanded last week from Secretary Pompeo.

I have been disappointed by President Trump's response, which is basically no response.

He's now making up additional reasons to keep parts of it secret. This is not something the Judiciary Committee is going to accept that's why we're authoring the chairman to issue a subpoena tomorrow for the report in its entirety and all…

Mr. Barr is not allowed to make it up as he goes along and keep things from the Judiciary Committee that might be embarrassing to the President.

The American people have the right to know the full truth and need to see the full contents of this report.