Congressman David N. Congressman Cicilline serves Rhode Island’s First Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Congressman Cicilline is a leader in Congress on issues of core American values, ensuring equitable access to economic opportunity, sustaining and growing our manufacturing sector, promoting equality for all, protecting the rights of workers, and safeguarding the ability of older Americans to retire with dignity.
Congressman Cicilline is currently leading efforts to combat price gouging and inflation, implement gun safety legislation on the federal level, and pass the first piece of antitrust legislation of the modern era to ensure a fair and competitive online marketplace for startups, consumers, and small businesses. As a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Congressman Cicilline recently visited Ukraine and the Polish-Ukrainian border and is working to ensure that Ukraine has the economic and security support it needs to fight against Putin’s illegal and unwarranted invasion and defend its democracy.
As Chairman of the House Antitrust Subcommittee, Congressman Cicilline is fighting for working families by working to hold giant companies and monopolies accountable for price gouging.
The Congressman is a lead cosponsor of The Oil and Gas Industry Antitrust Act, the Price Gouging Prevention Act, and the COVID-19 Price Gouging Prevention Act.
As Chairman of the Antitrust Subcommittee, the Congressman has held hearings on this issue, shedding light on how corporate consolidation has led to skyrocketing prices and supply chain issues, including in the food, oil and gas, and baby formula industries.