OUR IN-DEPTH LOCAL
COVERAGE CONTINUES
NOW AT X:XX.
JOINING US LIVE IN
STUDIO IS RHODE ISLAND
CONGRESSMAN DAVID
CICILLINE.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE
YOU'VE BEEN HERE --
WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE
YOU BACK.
WE HAVE A LOT TO
DISCUSS.
-YOU'VE REPEATEDLY
SPOKEN OUT ABOUT THE
RECENT ICE RAIDS-
SAYING THE PRESIDENT IS
USING QUOTE "BROKEN
IMMIGRATION SYSTEM AS A
POLITICAL WEAPON."
HOWEVER HE CLAIMS
THESE RAIDS WILL
INCREASE SECURITY
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO
SAY TO THAT?
-ANOTHER RECENT ISSUE
YOU'VE BUTTED HEADS
WITH THE PRESIDENT ON
IS THE PROPOSED
CITIZENSHIP QUESTION ON
THE CENSUS. GIVEN THAT
RHODE ISLAND IS AT RISK
OF LOSING A HOUSE SEAT
FROM THE CENSUS- DO
YOU SEE AN ADDED
CONCERN FOR THE STATE
IF THIS QUESTION GETS
PUT IN?
-IT CAME OUT LAST WEEK
THAT F-T-C- APPROVED A
FIVE BILLION DOLLAR
SETTLEMENT WITH
FACEBOOK IN THE WAKE
OF THE CAMBRIDGE
ANALYTICA SCANDAL.
YOU'VE SPEARHEADED
MULTIPLE INTIATIVES IN
CONGRESS ON SOCIAL
MEDIA ACCOUNTABILITY
AND HAVE CALLED THE
SETTLEMENT QUOTE "A
SLAP ON THE WRIST" WHY
IS THAT?
-FOLLOWING THE
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES IT
LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A
CROWDED FIELD TO
WORK WITH, IS THERE ANY
CANDIDATE THAT'S
STANDING OUT AMONG
THE REST?
-YOU'VE BEEN VOCAL IN
RECENT MONTHS--
MAKING DOZENS OF MEDIA
APPEARANCES- ARE YOU
CONSIDERING A RUN FOR
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE?
-AND LASTLY, YOU
RECENTLY GOT A MAJOR
SHOUT OUT FROM PART-
TIME WESTERLY RESIDENT
TAYLOR SWIFT ON YOUR
LEGISLATION "EQUALITY
ACT".
THAT'S AIMED AT
-AND LASTLY, YOU
RECENTLY GOT A MAJOR
SHOUT OUT FROM PART-
TIME WESTERLY RESIDENT
TAYLOR SWIFT ON YOUR
LEGISLATION "EQUALITY
ACT".
THAT'S AIMED AT
EXPANDING THE CIVIL
RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 TO
BAN DISCRIMINATION
BASED ON SEX, SEXUAL
ORIENTATION OR GENDER
IDENTITY. THAT'S PASSED
THE HOUSE-- BUT HAS
HER SUPPORT GIVEN YOU
ANY ADDED BOOST IN
GETTING IT PASSING IT IN