Press Releases

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.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives David N. Cicilline (RI-01), Ruben Gallego (AZ-07), Ted Deutch (FL-22), Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr. (CA-39), William Keating (MA-09), Brad Sherman (CA-30), Veronica Escobar (TX-16), Jason Crow (CO-06), Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06), Andy Kim (NJ-03), Tom Malinowski (NJ-07), and Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) — all members of the House Foreign Affairs or Armed Services Committees — are demanding answers today from Defense Secretary Mark T.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) introduced the Promoting Apprenticeships in Public Service Act today to incentivize valuable apprenticeships that help workers develop the critical skills they need to compete in the 21st Century economy and earn higher wages.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline’s (RI-01) bill, the Reviving America’s Scenic Byways Act (H.R. 831), was signed into law yesterday. Introduced with Republican Congressman Garrett Graves (LA-06), Cicilline’s bill directs the U.S. Department of Transportation to revive the National Scenic Byways Program. The bill passed the Senate unanimously earlier this month.

WASHINGTON – Democratic Policy and Communications Chair David N. Cicilline (RI-01) introduced the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act of 2019 today to increase competition in the prescription drug market by prohibiting pharmaceutical companies from engaging in harmful “product hopping” that increases corporate profits at the expense of consumers.

Washington, D.C. – Today, Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee; Doug Collins (R-Ga.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee; David Cicilline (D-R.I.), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law and Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law sent document requests as part of its bipartisan investigation into competition in digital markets.