David Cicilline

Turkey remains a key ally in the fight against ISIS yet has had considerable challenges of its own in recent years.

The rule of law in Turkey is an instrument to suppress oppositionists.

I am proud to be a cosponsor of many of these bills and the lead sponsor of House Resolution 137, which honors the life of Israeli leader, Shimon Peres.

Our country was attacked. Our democracy is under threat, and too many questions remain unanswered about contacts between the President's campaign and Russian officials.

Iran cannot be allowed to define international agreements and create increased uncertainty and disorder in the Middle East.

A few studies using other data sources to differentiate the legal status have supported the conclusion that immigrants, regardless of legal status, do not have higher crime rates than native-born citizens.

President Trump's immigration crackdown... has created a climate of fear and uncertainty that has already begun to undermine public safety.

Public safety is our most fundamental responsibility, and it is precisely because of that that community-oriented policing policies must be protected

Hundreds of law enforcement agencies throughout the United States have adopted community trust policies. These agencies... report that such policies, far from increasing crime, actually reduce it.

That innovation, that resilience approach, by the way, was better embraced with the Global Food Security Act.

Without safe access to deliver food, water, and vital supplies, especially in areas which are on the brink of starvation, we will not be able to save lives, frankly.

If you think of it this way, 20 million people right now are at risk of starvation.

I would implore this Congress to not rescind $360 million that's on the table for current FY 2017.

Frankly, it is sort of shocking to me that it is the responsibility of the Foreign Affairs Committee to educate the President of the United States on the value of investing in diplomacy.

The proposed cuts that President Trump has submitted to Congress are disproportionate, shortsighted, and would be devastating for U.S. national security interests around the world.

Title II ends taxpayer bailouts of banks that are too big to fail by providing financial regulators with orderly liquidation authority.

Because of this law, which includes some of the strongest consumer protections passed since the Great Depression, the banking system is stronger.

Although the true hardship caused by this widespread fraud is incalculable, we do know that it erased $10 trillion of household wealth and caused eight million Americans to lose their jobs and five million Americans to lose their homes.

In 2008, the United States economy nearly collapsed as a direct result of lending practices in the housing market that were predatory, unsafe, and in many cases fraudulent.

I wanted to stop the shameless pandering of the panel to the Chairman at all costs.

It is so important that the United States not waiver in our commitment to the NATO alliance and to our Baltic friends to ensure that the ties we have forged remain strong in the face of increased pressure.

Wasting time by one of the departments as a result of a patently false statement from the President seems to me should be something we understand and try to prevent in the future.

I think we are being asked to make serious reductions in a number of different areas because of cost constraints

Because of the good work at NCMEC and with the ICAC, not only is that child predator currently serving a sentence of more than 200 years in a Federal prison, but I had the opportunity to seek restitution under 18 USC 2252 and 2252(a) on…

But the story of the Jan-Feb series victim also serves as an incredible testament to the importance of the issues that we're discussing today and the work that's been done at places like NCMEC and by ICAC detectives and by prosecutors.