David Cicilline

I am always in awe of the tremendous service of the men and women who serve our country all over the world.

One thing that we heard from everyone that we met with in the Balkans was how important EU accession and NATO membership was.

I think it is important to push back on this notion of indifference in our foreign policy.

We have to a conclusion as a country that we will promote peace and stability around the world...

Our foreign policy ought to reflect our values as a country.

Will it have an adverse impact on the work we are doing in the region, the partnerships that we are building?

What really struck me at the time was the central importance to each of these countries that the U.S. continue to support their democracies.

And it will be a negative impact? When there is a nearly 40-percent cut, that would not advance the national security interest of the United States, in your opinion?

The issue of how to deal with the Assad regime in Syria is one of the most pressing and difficult foreign policy challenges we face as a Nation.

If the Trump administration follows that dangerous precedent, I can assure you I and many others will be no less a critic.

I was profoundly disappointed that the Obama administration chose to politicize tier rankings rather than speak truth to power.

I, along with Congressman Beyer and Congresswoman Jayapal, are leading a letter to President Trump asking him to reverse his executive order and support funding for humanitarian assistance.

The inconsistency and confusion displayed by members of the Trump administration has emboldened Assad and his patron, Vladimir Putin.

I strongly oppose... American boots on the ground... I wonder whether there is a military solution and what that would look like.

If the President intends to escalate our military involvement further, as he has indicated he will consider, then he has a responsibility to send a plan to Congress and seek authorization for any further action.

I am incredibly worried about our readiness for the second and third pillars of whatever the next strategy is.

The measured response supported broadly by bipartisan members here, but in isolation, that response of Tomahawk missiles doesn't accomplish anything.

The President needs to understand that separation of powers and it is incredibly important.

Coproduction agreements are the theft of jobs and with regard to China, the theft of intellectual property.

The trade deficit stems from a fair system, and that of course is absolutely false.

He campaigned with a big mouth and he governs with small hands.

I hereby respectfully request that Vice President Mike Pence speak with these Japanese officials and ask them to have Japan meet their international obligation to comply with the Hague Convention and return our children to their habitual…

We are in favor of the United States negotiating directly with every single nation individually and from a position of strength.

Japan remains an ongoing international threat to our children and our human rights.

I hereby respectfully request that President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni talk about Japan's noncompliance with Hague Convention and resolve to put the issue on the G7 agenda.