DPCC Chair Cicilline: Democrats Are Fighting For The People
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman David Cicilline, Chair of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC), appeared on New Day on CNN to discuss Democrats' congressional oversight responsibilities. Democrats are fighting to lower health care costs, raise incomes by rebuilding America, and clean up corruption in Washington. Below are excerpts from the interview. Click here to watch the video.
"The Judiciary Committee staff and [Mueller's] team have been in conversations, I think most Members of the Committee believe it's very important that the Special Counsel come before the Committee and before the American people and really walk us through the findings in the report, the judgments he has made, the decisions he made during the course of the investigation. I think everyone knows from his own words at his press conference that he would prefer not to do that, but it's important. It's a question of a duty to the country to really walk through the contents of the report that he developed after 22 months of an investigation, answer questions from Members of Congress about the decisions he has made and the judgments he has made."
"I would prefer that he comes before the committee and so I think it has to be done as quickly as possible. I think it's long overdue. I think the American people have a right to hear from him directly. They paid for this investigation. We should never lose sight of the fact that this investigation began because our democracy was attacked, a presidential election was attacked by a foreign adversary of the United States in a sweeping and systematic way according to the Mueller Report. He also provided evidence of ten specific instances of misconduct of the president, obstruction of justice, including encouraging people to make up fake documents and be untruthful. These are serious allegations and I think it's important that he come before the committee as quickly as possible and so my hope is that he will. If it was up to me, it would be immediately."