Tag: David Cicilline

Rep. David Cicilline, member of the House Judiciary Committee, talks about the timeline for when the committee might make a recommendation to begin impeachment proceedings, and the challenge of investigating impeachable offenses given the rate at which Donald Trump keeps…

“Each day it feels like there are more people who think the time has come to begin a formal process to consider whether or not the president should be removed from office," Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) said. » Subscribe to…

Thanks for stopping by for my weekly column. 1) Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza has a little less than four years left in his second term at City Hall. But now that he’s pulled the plug on his proposal to shore up Providence’s pension system by monetizing the city’s water supply, Elorza basically concedes he’s given up hope of resolving the pension issue during his time as mayor. He still believes that monetizing the city’s water supply is the key to chipping away at the pension crisis, but Elorza said it’s virtually impossible to build political support while a looming crisis remains off in the future. The big question is whether the House would take up an amended bill. In a statement this week, the Rhode Island Coalition For Reproductive Freedom said it was firmly opposed to any amendments in Senate Judiciary. Yet will it be worth the Globe’s growing investment to harvest more clicks from Rhode Island? Brown alum Te-Ping Chen (’07), who did some freelance work for me during Providence Phoenix days, and is now a Philadelphia-based reporter for The Wall Street Journal, is set to publish a novel and short-story collection …. Meanwhile, the Brown Daily Herald reports on how four people with Brown connections won Pulitzers this week, including Rebecca Ballhaus (’13) of the WSJ and Peter Kovacs (’78) of The [Baton Rouge] Advocate, for their contributions to journalism. That prompted Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to ask how the trademark office defines what is scandalous, shocking or offensive.

Pres. Trump announced a national emergency at the border, and then said he "didn't need to.” Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) of the Judiciary Committee reacts to the president and tells Ali Velshi Democrats will investigate Trump's move. Dara Lind and…

WASHINGTON -- After almost a decade of oil-friendly Republicans controlling Congress, the energy sector faced a dramatically different political landscape Wednesday. Even before the election, Democrats made clear they planned oversight hearings into President Donald Trump's efforts to cut regulations around oil and gas drilling and other industrial activity. Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., who is expected to chair the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said last week that Democrats would "focus on the need to address climate change by looking at its impacts on our communities and economy, and by holding the Trump administration accountable for dangerous policies that only make it worse." “How many other things do they want to pursue and how much time do they have? There’s people who want to spend all their times impeaching Trump.” Democrats will have the power to hold hearings, conduct investigations and pass bills in the House. There will be hearings o-rama. There will be hearings o-rama. "We don't see them rolling President Trump, but the pace of deregulation at EPA will probably slow down because officials will be much busier dealing with subpoenas.” For now, most expect the partisan gridlock that has pervaded Washington over the past decade to continue. But a couple energy issues have increased odds for action with a Democratic majority in the House, McNally said. Lee Fuller, executive vice president of the Independent Petroleum Association of America, which represents smaller oil and gas producers, said Democrats undoubtedly will come under pressure from their constituencies to take action against climate change and rein in oil and gas development.