Press Releases
May 8, 2012
Cicilline Announces Finalists of 2012 Congressional Art Competition
Congressman Cicilline today announced that high school students Natalie Paris, Alek Comella, and Maxwell Silva were the winners of his 2012 Congressional Art Competition.
May 7, 2012
Cicilline Ends Decades Long Wait for War Hero, Secures Long-Overdue Bronze Star Medal
Issues: Veterans
Leo Beland, a lifelong Rhode Islander who served in the United States Army during the Normandy Campaign, today received the Bronze Star Medal that should have been presented to him 66 years ago.
May 2, 2012
Cicilline Statement on U.S.-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement
The President’s announcement is an encouraging step, and I, like all Rhode Islanders, look forward to the day when we can welcome home the last of our combat troops.
May 1, 2012
Area Students, Parents, and Businesses Join Cicilline's Call to Action on Student Loans
Issues: Education
Congressman Cicilline hosted a Call to Action at Rhode Island College for area students, parents, and business leaders to rally support for a commonsense solution to this problem.
Apr 27, 2012
Cicilline Statement on GOP Student Loan Interest Rate Bill
Issues: Education
Like Groundhog Day, here we go again, Republicans on the far right are injecting a poison pill into a common-sense plan to help our college students and their families by keeping student loan interest rates from doubling.
Apr 23, 2012
Cicilline Joins Chafee, LaHood, Lewis and Members of Congressional Delegation for Opening of Wickford Junction
Stressing his support for maintaining robust investments in Rhode Island’s infrastructure, U.S. Congressman David Cicilline took part in this morning’s grand opening of the Wickford Junction Train Station and Garage.
Apr 19, 2012
Cicilline, Hinchey and Grijalva Introduce Bill to Stop Excessive Oil Speculation
Congressman Cicilline introduced legislation aimed at curbing excessive oil speculation.
Apr 19, 2012
Cicilline Statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day
In August 1941, at the height of conflict in World War II, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who had been briefed on the systematic killings of Jews in Europe, declared, ‘We are in the presence of a crime without a name.’
Apr 17, 2012
Cicilline Marks Equal Pay Day By Stressing Importance of Closing Wage Gap Between Women and Men
Issues: Fiscal Responsibility
Congressman Cicilline, who has co-sponsored the Paycheck Fairness Act in the House, today called on House Republicans to help close the wage gap that still exists between women and men in the workforce.
Apr 17, 2012
Cicilline Again Urges House Republicans To Take Up Buffett Rule
Issues: Fiscal Responsibility
On Tax Day, Congressman Cicilline reiterated his call for Congress to take steps to restore tax fairness for the middle class, beginning with the Buffett Rule
