Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC) Co-Chair David N. Cicilline (D-RI) issued the following statement today:

“The American people are hurting. And President Trump continues to fail them. This executive order will sabotage the health care market and drive up costs for working people. The President should be working with Democrats to make the Affordable Care Act even stronger. Instead, he’s creating chaos and undermining access.”

WASHINGTON – Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC) Co-Chair David N. Cicilline (D-RI) introduced new legislation today to bring a new level of transparency to the Trump administration’s multiple conflicts of interests.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) and nearly 100 co-sponsors introduced legislation today to ban the manufacture, possession, transfer, sale, or importation of bump stocks like the one used to murder 59 innocent men and women earlier this week in Las Vegas.

WASHINGTON – In the wake of disturbing reports of the neglect of nursing home residents in the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, 46 members of Congress called on Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma to maintain current protections for elder Americans against abuse in nursing homes.

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman James Langevin and David Cicilline today joined the Rhode Island Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner and The College Crusade to announce a new federal grant that could provide up to $24.5 million over the next seven years to help public school students across the state succeed in school, prepare for college, and earn a postsecondary degree.

PAWTUCKET - U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI), who serves as Vice Chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, issued the following statement today:

“Last night, a gunman opened fire on the Las Vegas Strip. The victims were innocent Americans attending a country music festival. 50 are dead. More than 400 were taken to area hospitals. I am keeping them in my thoughts and prayers today.”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI) led nearly three dozen of his colleagues in asking U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Inspector General Daniel R. Levinson to answer six questions as he investigates HHS Secretary Tom Price’s use of private jets at taxpayer expense.

The full text of Cicilline’s letter is embedded below. A PDF of the signed letter can be downloaded by clicking here.

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PAWTUCKET – Following the Equifax data breach of 143 million Americans’ personal information, Representatives David N. Cicilline (D-RI), Don Beyer (D-VA), Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), and John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) wrote to the three main credit rating agencies—Equifax, TransUnion, and Experian—to hear whether these companies will continue to include forced arbitration clauses in their terms of service or end their campaign against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s rule to restore consumers’ day in court.

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PAWTUCKET – Democratic Policy and Communications Committee Co-Chair David N. Cicilline (D-RI) highlighted a new report from the nonpartisan Center on Budget on Policy Priorities showing that the newest version of Trumpcare, which may come to a vote in the Senate next week, robs $1.3 billion from Rhode Island by 2027.