Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC) Chair David N. Cicilline (RI-01) issued the following statement today:

“The Constitution makes clear that only Congress can hold a corrupt president accountable by removing him from office.”

“As he did in his 400-page report, Special Counsel Mueller today outlined a series of high crimes committed by President Trump.”

WASHINGTON – House Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) sent letters today asking Google, Facebook, and Amazon to provide complete answers to questions that were raised during last week’s Subcommittee hearing on “Online Platforms and Market Power, Part 2: Innovation and Entrepreneurship.” The companies contacted today were unable or unwilling to answer numerous questions during the hearing.

WASHINGTON – Democratic Policy Communications Committee (DPCC) Chair David N. Cicilline (RI-01) issued the following statement tonight:

“I am deeply saddened to learn of the death of former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, a giant of American legal jurisprudence. Justice Stevens served our country for three and a half decades on the Supreme Court.”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced a $2,031,812 grant to provide Rhode Island child development and family support services to low-income infants, toddlers, pregnant women and their families. The grant will be administered by Children’s Friend, a child-serving nonprofit agency with sites in Providence, Pawtucket, and Central Falls. Children’s Friend’s Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership is open to families statewide who meet income guidelines and other eligibility criteria.

WASHINGTON – House Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) issued the following statement on today’s reports that Facebook has settled for $5 billion with the Federal Trade Commission:

“The FTC just gave Facebook a Christmas present five months early. It’s very disappointing that such an enormously powerful company that engaged in such serious misconduct is getting a slap on the wrist. This fine is a fraction of Facebook’s annual revenue. It won’t make them think twice about their responsibility to protect user data.”

WASHINGTON – Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC) Chair David N. Cicilline (RI-01) issued the following statement today:

“I’m pleased that President Trump has finally backed down from his ridiculous effort to weaponize the Census. Apparently, the rule of law still means something in this country.”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01), who introduced the Small Business Reorganization Act (H.R. 3311) with Republican Congressman Ben Cline (VA-06), issued the following statement today after the bill passed the House Judiciary Committee:

WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives adopted an amendment authored by U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 today to require a report on the increased automation of the Defense manufacturing industry. Information from this report will be critical in protecting jobs in Rhode Island’s defense manufacturing sector.

WASHINGTON – House Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) issued the following statement today on the “social media summit” President Trump is hosting for conservatives tomorrow at the White House:

“I’ve never seen evidence of tech firm bias against conservatives. If someone wants to show me some empirical data, instead of some alt-right member’s paranoid claims, I’d appreciate it. In the meantime, it would be great if President Trump would get serious about antitrust.”