Press Releases

Cicilline, Klobuchar and Colleagues Express Serious Concerns over Reports that Justice Department Official Urged Dish Executive to Lobby Senators to Influence FCC Regulatory Process

In a letter this week, members of Congress called on Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim to addresss reports that he improperly encouraged Dish Network’s Chairman to lobby members of the Senate to influence the FCC’s review of the proposed T-Mobile/Sprint Merger

Cicilline Statement on Emergency Spending Bill

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

Cicilline Statement on CAR Resolution Passage

WASHINGTON – Democratic Policy and Communications Committee Chair David N. Cicilline (RI-01), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement today after his bipartisan bill (H. Res. 387) condemning continued violence against civilians by armed groups in the Central African Republic passed the U.S. House of Representatives:

Cicilline Calls for Passage of Coronavirus Funding Package

Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC) Chair David N. Cicilline (RI-01) spoke moments ago about the emergency spending package the House will pass this week to take on the coronavirus epidemic

Cicilline Calls on CDC to Notify States of Travelers Returning from Coronavirus Infected Countries

Democratic Policy and Communications Committee Chair David N. Cicilline (RI-01) called on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today to expand its notification process for states to include all travelers returning from countries with significant or elevated reports of cases of coronavirus

First Presumptive Positive Case of COVID-19 Identified at RIDOH's State Health Laboratories

Cicilline Statement on Stone Sentence

U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01), a member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement after Roger Stone was sentenced to 40 months in prison, despite the best efforts of President Trump and AG Barr to come to his rescue last week

Cicilline, Grebien Condemn Trump Cuts to Important Federal Programs

U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) and Pawtucket Mayor Donald R. Grebien visited Harvest Kitchen in Pawtucket to discuss the devastating impact Trump’s budget would have for small businesses & communities like Pawtucket.

Cicilline, DiPalma Highlight Work to Lower Prescription Drug Costs

U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI-01) and Rhode Island State Senator Louis DiPalma (D-12) visited the Middletown Senior Center today to talk about their work to lower the high cost of prescription drugs.

Cicilline Statement on Recent Actions by the Attorney General and the President Undermining the Rule of Law

Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC) Chair David N. Cicilline (RI-01) issued the following statement after U.S. Attorney General William Barr said that the President’s Tweets “make it impossible for [him] to do his job