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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.
The cruel irony is that an effort to defund Planned Parenthood, which is already prohibited from using any Federal funds to provide abortion services, means the other 97 percent of their services that I just outlined would be compromised.
I want to associate myself with the remarks of Congressman Deutch and Congressman Gutierrez.
What this really is, Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, is creating an opportunity to defund Planned Parenthood, and to make it more difficult for women to have access to full reproductive healthcare.
The central question of whether women have a constitutional right to make decisions regarding their own reproductive healthcare. That is also a settled question of law.
There has been a lot of discussion about late term abortion, which, of course, is prohibited under Federal law.
Issues have been raised with respect to the fetal tissue research. It is clear that there are established scientific protocols that were followed.
Are those transcripts complete and full and unedited? Do they contain all of the statements made because I think a review was done that demonstrated the transcripts were inaccurate?
We can have a discussion whether at some point there should be abortions. You and I will disagree on that discussion.
To me it was immoral. I do not know if it is illegal, Ms. Smith, but it was immoral what I was seeing on that video.
We are talking about human life. We are talking about people who have a God-given potential to be the best that they can be and to be everything that they can be.
I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Rhode Island will be postponed. The Chair understands that amendment No. 8 will not be…
No one is attempting to shield bureaucrats from anything. This amendment is designed to shield infants, to protect children. I urge my colleagues to support the Jackson Lee amendment. I yield back the balance of my time.
I just would say, in conclusion, that the amendment will, in fact, strengthen the ability of Federal agencies to protect the public health and well-being, and there are instances, as the example I just gave, where the failure to act will…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 18, line 10, insert after ``means any rule'' the following: ``(other than a special rule)''. Page 19…
Thank you to the witnesses not only for being here today but for the ongoing conversations. And I want to particularly thank the administration for really making sure that Members have all the information that we need as we navigate…
The objective of these negotiations, at least as presented to me, was always preventing a nuclear Iran.
For a regime and a dictator prepared to engage in this kind of horrific and depraved slaughter of its own people, and particularly of children, and the destruction of hospitals and health care facilities, the significance of removing the…
I am proud to be the co-chair of the Congressional Peacekeeping Caucus, which we just recently formed along with my colleague, Adam Kinzinger.
Marketplace fairness would just simply enable states and local governments to collect at the point-of-sale sales taxes on purchases made online.
It shows that people with different philosophies, in terms of the role of government in our society, do have common ground on a number of issues and marketplace fairness is one of them.
We are very quickly forgetting about this past and preparing to repeat history for the sake of stability.
U.S. policy toward Egypt over the past few decades has had some significant flaws.
We propped up an unpopular repressive dictator who abused his people at the expense of his political cronies.
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