David Cicilline

Meanwhile, President Biden has shown that we can lower the number of unauthorized border crossings while still treating migrants with dignity and humanity.

What we do know is that the MAGA Republican plan will shut down asylum to everyone, including those fleeing Communist totalitarian regimes and young children who are crossing the border alone to flee gang violence.

I am happy to lead it.

We are not going to begin the hearing with the Pledge of Allegiance?

No one should have to fear violence because of who they are or who their family members are, but this violence is not happening in a vacuum.

Our community is scared, terrified that we'll be attacked going to the doctor, scared that we'll be attacked going to nightclubs, scared that we'll be attacked simply for living as our authentic selves.

I'm disappointed, yet not surprised, that a few weeks after a killer murdered five people at an LGBTQI+ nightclub, the Republicans on this committee could not bring themselves to discuss anti-LGBTQI+ violence and its causes with our…

And when you're willing to traffic in cheap shots and bigotry against a marginalized community that's already seeing hate against it on the rise, that's already seeing violence rising across the country, when you're willing to traffic in…

Despite the fact that LGBTQ+ people make up roughly seven percent of the population, 20 percent, or more than one in five reported hate crimes last year were motivated by sexual orientation or gender identity bias.

This legislation, today, that we passed, and the President will sign, will ensure that for federal purposes, if you are married, lawfully, any state in the country, every other state must recognize that.

It fundamentally doesn't recognize LGBTQ people, as people, who have a right, to access marriage, like everyone else did.

Well, that was very important to get it done now, because we had a Speaker of the House, and a Senate Majority Leader, who were committed to bringing this bill, to the floor, for a vote.

The Supreme Court, the highest court in our Nation, no longer has the confidence of most Americans.

This campaign which I think to most Americans is just shocking that there was actually a sophisticated effort to influence... Justices of the Supreme Court.

We can and must restore faith in our highest court, and we can start by passing the Supreme Court Ethics and Transparency Act.

It's bewildering that the Supreme Court Justices are not [subject to a Code of Ethics], and we're clearly seeing the results of that.

This is an effort to undermine America's support for Ukraine, to begin a process to make sure the words of the very author that not one more penny go to the people of Ukraine in this fight.

China is watching. Dictators and authoritarian leaders all over the world are watching how we behave in this moment.

I rise in strong opposition to this resolution of inquiry. ... we cannot do anything to undermine the very strong message that we stand committed to remain with the Ukrainian people until they win this fight.

I will never back down from providing the necessary support for Ukrainian forces to beat back this war of aggression and restore their territorial integrity.

This resolution of inquiry is a political stunt designed to tie up and slow down our critical efforts to help Ukrainian forces.

I say again, this is about supporting competition with some very commonsense proposals that have strong bipartisan support in both Chambers. We can finally let Big Tech know that the time in which they can do whatever they want and…

I think it would be obviously very, very alarming for anyone who cares about our democracy and cares about the freedoms that we enjoy as citizens of this great country.

They are in a quest for power at all costs. They`re promoting the big lie. Still, they`re undermining democracy.

If you care about your vote being counted, and us remaining a democracy, you cannot vote for a Republican.