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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.
With a little help from Dr. Seuss, I would like to share the story of how the Grinch stole middle class tax cuts: Every middle class family wanted tax cuts a lot, But the Grinch, who lived in a big white house, did not. The Grinch hated…
I introduced this bill with my colleague from the other side of the aisle, Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick, also from Pennsylvania, which encourages cooperation between the United States and our ally, Ukraine, on matters of cybersecurity and…
I am particularly pleased to support H.R. 2646, the United States-Jordan Defense Cooperation Extension Act, which would allow for the creation of an enterprise fund for Jordan to attract private investment and help entrepreneurs and the…
It is our responsibility as leaders of the free world to step up and ensure that human traffickers face every possible hurdle.
I started to interrupt. I was just going to say that, for young people, what this tax scam does is particularly damaging because it not only saddles the next generation with $1.5 trillion of debt, but in addition to that, it makes their…
Except if you are a corporation. They keep that deduction. So think about that. If you have to move to follow your job, you can't deduct that from your taxes; but if your company moves your job overseas, the corporations can deduct the…
One thing to remember there is that States that are investing in their infrastructure, investing in public safety, that are asking for local taxpayers to do their part, you punish them, and you incentivize States that are not making that…
The gentleman is correct. They have already voted to cut $1.5 trillion to give a tax cut to the wealthiest people in this country, to the biggest corporations; and in order to pay for that, they intend to gut Medicare and Medicaid and a…
I thank the gentleman for yielding. I think the other thing that is very important to acknowledge here, and I think we have heard the Speaker say this--we have heard Senator Rubio make reference to this--is that the American people, I…
An important part of that is doubling the investment in apprenticeship programs, career and technical education, making sure we are creating pathways to produce better wages, better jobs for a better future. And the last thing families…
Absolutely. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman again for including me. I look forward to the opportunity to come back and talk in more detail about the economic agenda that we collectively have put forward as the House Democrats working…
It is important to note here--I think my memory is correct on this--that the $1.5 trillion in debt which will be generated by this tax giveaway is exactly the same number that they cut from Medicare and Medicaid in the budget they just…
I thank my colleague and friend from California for not only organizing this evening's Special Order hour, but for his long-term advocacy for working people in this country and for his extraordinary advocacy for the people of the State of…
We strongly urge Cambodia's government to reinstate the political opposition, release Kem Sokha, allow civil society and media to resume their constitutionally protected activities.
The United States and our international partners must act quickly to stop this backsliding away from democracy.
I urge you to remain resolute in your call for the release of Kem Sokha and other political prisoners.
I want to thank both Houses of Congress. I want to thank the White House, the State Department, especially for the banning of--the visa ban that was placed last week.
The current oppression, I believe, if continued to--if allowed to continue, will generate political instability.
I thank the gentleman for yielding. We just heard some of our other colleagues on the other side of the aisle speak about the God-given right to apparently carry a concealed, loaded firearm across State lines. What about the God-given…
the President has declared his support for a tax bill that will add $1 trillion to the national debt
There is serious concern in the Congress over reports that Secretary Tillerson acted in contravention of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act by not listing Afghanistan, Iraq, and Burma among those countries who use child soldiers.
we still need to make these devastating cuts to the State Department and USAID because of the deficit?
So I hope you will do everything you can to encourage the President to actually appoint people to these very important positions that the rest of the world is wondering what we are doing and why we are not engaged.
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