Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC –The U.S. House of Representatives today approved the NIST Reauthorization Act, legislation that authorizes several manufacturing support programs, including the National Institute of Standards and Technology Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP). U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI), who supported the measure, said the bill authorizes $850 million for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, including $128 million for the MEP program.

PAWTUCKET, RI - U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI) today issued the following statement on the 166th anniversary of the Women’s Rights Convention at Seneca Falls:
 
166 years ago today hundreds of women gathered in Seneca Falls, New York to advance women’s rights in the United States. Led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, these women composed the Declaration of Sentiments, a document that has served as the cornerstone of the women’s rights movement.
 

WASHINGTON, DC – Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation today joined with Governor Lincoln D. Chafee and the Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) to announce $193,090 in federal funding to make the state’s coastline more resilient to future storms and rising sea levels.  The funds were made available through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Coastal Zone Management Program, and will go to support CRMC’s Rhode Island Shoreline Change Special Area Management Plan (Beach SAMP).

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. House of Representatives today approved the Highway and Transportation Funding Act by a vote of 367 to 55. The legislation provides a short-term fix to the Highway Trust Fund to help repair roads, bridges and transit systems across America, and will keep workers on the job during the summer construction season. After the vote, U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI), who supported the measure, issued the following statement:

WASHINGTON, DC – During a meeting at the White House, President Obama today teamed up with 26 businesses, including Woonsocket based CVS Caremark to launch SupplierPay, a new partnership with the private sector to strengthen small businesses by increasing their working capital so they can grow their businesses and hire more workers. After the meeting, U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI) issued the following statement:

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline announced today a $1.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to support crime victims in Rhode Island, particularly victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse.

Congressman spotlights new $312K HUD Grant to Help End Homelessness

PAWTUCKET, RI – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI) today toured the Mental Health Association of Rhode Island’s headquarters in Pawtucket and discussed their plans to use a new $312,000 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grant to support their work to combat homelessness in Rhode Island.

PAWTUCKET, RI – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI), a member of the House Judiciary Committee, today issued the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby to weaken a requirement in the Affordable Care Act that provides free or low-cost contraceptive health care coverage to millions of women:

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI) along with U.S. Representatives Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ) and Dan Kildee (D-MI) introduced a bipartisan bill to extend unemployment insurance for the long-term unemployed.   The House bill is identical to the bipartisan Senate measure introduced by Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Dean Heller (R-NV) earlier this week.   The legislation allows eligible job seekers who were cut-off from emergency unemployment compensation to pick up where they were left off when their benefits were abruptly cut off on December 28, 2013.