David Cicilline

Should these negotiations fail, the United States, the international community together must be prepared to respond appropriately including by using force, if necessary.

I, for one, am grateful to the administration for their efforts to bring the Iranian Government to the table for these historic negotiations.

Section 2: ``Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed.''

Like you, I believe there is no military solution to the conflict in Iraq and Syria.

I think what is irresponsible is for us to continue to spend unlimited amounts of money on an effort without some clear expectation of what we expect the Afghan people to do.

The President's executive order will ensure that we have a safer country, that we will grow our economy, and that we will keep families together. I strongly urge my colleagues to reject this Republican proposal and to allow the President's…

I do believe that we ought to allow that in Federal court as well.

I have had experience with cameras. It worked out.

The public--the public--the mystery of the courthouse still exists with the public.

I actually allowed cameras in the courtroom very early on in my judicial career, and it was based upon the philosophy, the belief, the frustration--and I am going to agree with Mr. Cicilline from Rhode Island.

If it is a truthful statement, then you are less concerned that the whole world hears.

But, as a general rule, do you agree with the proposition that it is more likely that people will testify truthfully when it is broadly exposed?

It is very hard for me to understand the argument that the quality of our system of justice or the fairness of our courts is impaired by--or is improved by limiting public access.

The bill before us today, the Sunshine in the Courtroom Act, promises to provide greater access to the public and to the inner workings of our justice system.

This Congress has failed to pass comprehensive immigration reform.

The scale of this is considerably less than even the most recent action by President Bush.

The Supreme Court actually spoke to this question in Arizona v. the United States.

Of course, every Executive order by a President is unilateral. That is the definition of an Executive order.

The right of the Federal Government to exercise prosecutorial discretion.

The constitutionality of the action is not determined by the description by any President.

We have a bipartisan bill that passed the Senate, that, if it came to the House floor, would pass.

The continuing threat that ISIL poses to international stability is a serious concern of the United States and our allies.

We must remain vigilant to ensure that any comprehensive deal truly protects the national security interests of the United States.

The continuing threat that Iran poses to international stability is of paramount concern to the United States.

I think they have always really represented the gold standard in many ways.