David Cicilline

I want to acknowledge and applaud the administration's interagency effort to reform our export control system.

The three areas that I am particularly pleased that the president is focused on is manufacturing and the development of manufacturing innovation institutions

The job creators in the country are the middle class families who have a job

What my constituents want to know is, how is our federal budget reflecting the urgent priority of getting people back to work?

Deficit reduction in and of itself is not an economic development strategy or a growth strategy

The president's budget cuts the deficit by an additional $1.8 trillion over the next 10 years

I think we have got to deal with the debt, and I think we have to do that in a responsible and balance way.

The president's budget focuses on educating our children and making sure that we are strengthening our workforce

I think the president has articulated an exciting vision for a set of manufacturing centers.

I think what we have to be looking at is the job crisis in this country and how we invest in growing the economy.

Sometimes if you listen to these budget committee hearings, you would consider that our only objective is deficit reduction.

It is hard to understand where this notion of deficit reduction is something that only that other side of the aisle cares about.

I am certain that if everyone in the world had the opportunity to just hear the testimony of these five witnesses it would mark significant progress in our efforts to eradicate anti-Semitism.

Fostering religious understanding and combating anti-Semitism is a critical and very important challenge.

I expect it would be a huge economic generator in terms of job creation.

I am interested to know your thoughts about infrastructure spending, really rebuilding the crumbling infrastructure of our country.

If it is an easy program to administer, lots of eligible Americans, it will have a greater and more positive impact.

I am wondering if you would share some thoughts with us in terms of getting the most bang for our buck.

I also expect it would be a huge economic generator in terms of job creation.

How does infrastructure in particular relate to economic growth when we are making choices about how to do spending?

I think there is really no question that the President's articulation of that model is something that we have to do.

Instead of a trickle-down economics, which you had for 8 years--we got a trickle up.

We know the government can't solve every problem. We understand that very, very well.

The American people didn't buy that in the last election.

I think we are all here to roll up our sleeves and find a long-term solution to the debt.