David Cicilline

Maduro's repeated mention of U.S. military intervention is simply a ploy to divide the coalition of 54 countries supporting democracy and the people of Venezuela.

As I said, I have personally spoken with the Vice President and Special Representative Elliott Abrams, and as recent as this afternoon with the Ambassador Carlos Vecchio, who all expressed concern about discussing this bill at this…

It sends the wrong signal to both our allies and adversaries.

We should not give him reason to breathe a sigh of relief.

However, this legislation we are discussing today jeopardizes that outcome in several ways by appearing to take military force off the table.

All clear-eyed and freedom-loving people around the world want to see Maduro gone so free and fair elections can be held.

The Maduro regime's corruption and negligence has devastated Venezuela's economy, starved its people, and brought the Nation to the brink of collapse.

Under Article I of the Constitution, Congress decides whether America will go to war.

U.S. military intervention to shape the future of Venezuela is not an option.

I believe that the United States and our allies in the Lima Group and the European Union must continue to squeeze Nicolas Maduro and push for a peaceful, democratic transition.

They went as far and have been found guilty of forming a company union to stop the union from organizing people at T-Mobile

They are going to take these authorized dealers and they are going to slash and burn and those are American jobs that they are going to cut and they are going to cut 30,000 of those jobs

We want to preserve good-paying family-supporting jobs.

I think we can see clearly, that when people are represented by a union, they earn better wages and better benefits.

I don't think we should be looking at transactions like this and basing an approval or disapproval on your personal judgment or assessment.

Our goal in deciding whether this merger makes sense, is in the public interests, is if it is good for consumers, it is good for American jobs, and whether it will result in more choice and lower prices.

So, Mr. Legere, I applaud both T-Mobile and Sprint have been, most people would recognize, scrappy, aggressive players in this market and it has resulted in maybe not better experiences for workers, according to Mr. Shelton, but at least…

So, I want to start with, there has been a suggestion somehow, and I wasn't good in math, but there has been a suggestion that we are going from two to three, which just seems to me a really silly claim.

For the benefit of my constituents, I want to hear everything I can today about the potential this merger has for positive or negative impact on rural communities.

I look forward to hearing from both CEOs on the implication of this merger as on the deployment of 5G.

This merger is not only bad for workers, but it also is a disaster for consumers.

First, we can say no to mergers like the T-Mobile/Sprint transaction and preserve competition in consumer and labor markets.

Their increased investment will lead to more competition, better service, and more jobs, all to the benefit of American consumers.

The transaction will give these customers more and better options.

I truly believe that the New T-Mobile will build the best wireless network this country has ever seen.