Press Releases

WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation today introduced by U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01), the AMIGOS Act (H.R. 565), to increase trade and investment ties between Portugal and the United States by making Portuguese nationals eligible for E-1 and E-2 nonimmigrant visas. H.R. 565, which will make it easier for Portugal and the United States to do business with one another, now heads to the Senate.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate today passed legislation to honor Elizabeth Buffum Chace, a 19th century Rhode Island abolitionist, by renaming the U.S. Post Office located at 575 Dexter Street in Central Falls. U.S. Congressmen David N. Cicilline (RI-01) and James Langevin (RI-02) introduced the proposal, H.R. 2451, which the U.S. House passed last month. It now awaits the President’s signature.

WASHINGTON – House Antitrust Subcommittee Chair David N. Cicilline (RI-01) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10) introduced The Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act of 2019 (H.R. 5133) today to prohibit pharmaceutical companies from engaging in anticompetitive “product hopping.” The bill is scheduled to be marked up in the Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) introduced legislation today to establish Rhode Island and surrounding counties in Massachusetts and Connecticut as a federal regional commission. The Southern New England Regional Commission Act, which Cicilline introduced with Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy III (MA-03), will allow jurisdictions at different levels to work together with federal support to strengthen the area’s economy.

Rhode Island Congressman will be only American legislator to join lawmakers from three continents for summit in Dublin

PAWTUCKET – U.S. House Antitrust Committee Chairman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) will participate in Thursday’s International Grand Committee on Disinformation and Fake News in Dublin, Ireland.

PAWTUCKET – House Antitrust Subcommittee Chair David N. Cicilline (RI-01) released the following statement this afternoon after Google announced its acquisition of Fitbit:

“Google’s dominance is currently under investigation by Congress, the Justice Department, and 50 U.S. states and territories. By attempting this deal at this moment, Google is signaling that it will continue to flex and expand its power in spite of this immense scrutiny.”

WASHINGTON – Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC) Chair David N. Cicilline (RI-01) issued the following statement tonight after the U.S. House passed the SHIELD Act (H.R.4617), legislation he co-sponsored to require campaigns to report acts of foreign election interference:

“After several weeks of refusing to say whether it’s appropriate to ask a foreign country to interfere in an American election, Republicans finally gave us their answer tonight.”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) issued the following statement tonight:

“Not since ‘Mission Accomplished’ has a victory announcement been so absurd.”

“Donald Trump allowed Turkey to violently uproot our Syrian Kurdish allies from their homeland and then wants credit for establishing a temporary halt to that violence. Any ‘solution’ that allows Turkey to uproot Kurds from their homes and forces them to give up their land is no solution at all.”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressmen David N. Cicilline (RI-01) and Adam Kinzinger (IL-16) introduced legislation today that will require a formal review of the relationship between the United States and Turkey. The United States-Turkey Relations Review Act of 2019 directs the Secretary of State—in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, Director of National Intelligence, and Secretary of Energy—to address and assess whether or not Turkey has met duties and obligations with the NATO alliance.