David Cicilline

While there are so many vital programs to defend throughout this budget, I am here today to call your attention to several programs that are critically important to creating jobs...

I respectfully urge this committee to fully fund these critically important economic initiatives at the levels requested in the President's fiscal year 2012 budget.

The economic recovery of my district, the State of Rhode Island and our whole country demands that we work collaboratively...

The key to jump-starting our economy is to put Americans back to work.

I think we need to all be reminded that the commitments we make and the investments we make in this area of our foreign policy are not only describe our values as a country in promoting freedom and democracy around the world, but also…

I think many of us are looking for... enforcement and looking for protection of their intellectual property.

I think we all recognize that America is the home to ingenuity and innovation and we can compete in the world economy and succeed.

I think the testimony today reveals that everyone agrees that the single greatest source for reform and improvement of the U.N. is the United States.

I know of no example of an organization or an institution that has been successfully reformed or improved by disengaging in the work of performing or improving it.

I have grave concerns about the level of expenditures that we will have to sustain in Afghanistan.

I am very concerned about potential cuts to the Cape Verdean Millennium Funding.

We need to acknowledge that that is a responsibility we have in balancing all of the equities within a budget.

I was proud to tell them I am a cosponsor of the legislation to repeal this provision.

It is clear to me that it is in the national security interest of our country to make the kind of investments that we are making around the world.

Small business tax credits are critical to providing small businesses the opportunity to provide insurance to their employees. We made a promise to those small businesses to do everything we can to make it easier for them to thrive in this…

The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another State, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.

I think it is noteworthy that on February 24th of 2010, the Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act passed the House with a vote of 406-19.