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David Cicilline

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.

Reining In Big Tech

As Chairman of the House Subcommittee of Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law, Congressman Cicilline has been leading the fight to hold Big Tech accountable.

 

In the 116th Congress, he oversaw the Subcommittee’s 16-month, top-to-bottom investigation into the state of competition in the digital marketplace, which included seven hearings, the production of nearly 1.3 million internal documents and communications, submissions from 38 antitrust experts, and interviews with more than 240 market participants.

 

In the 117th Congress, the Congressman led the introduction of six bipartisan bills to build a stronger online economy. All six bills have been approved by the House Judiciary Committee.

  • H.R. 3816, the “American Choice and Innovation Online Act” prohibits discriminatory conduct by dominant platforms, including a ban on self-preferencing and picking winners and losers online. The bill is sponsored by Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman David N. Cicilline (D-RI) and cosponsored by Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX).
  • H.R. 3460, the “State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2021” ensures state attorneys general are able to remain in the court they select rather than having their cases moved to a court the defendant prefers. The bill is sponsored by Antitrust Subcommittee Ranking Member Ken Buck (R-CO) and cosponsored by Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman Cicilline (D-RI).
  • H.R. 3826, the “Platform Competition and Opportunity Act” prohibits acquisitions of competitive threats by dominant platforms, as well acquisitions that expand or entrench the market power of online platforms. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and cosponsored by Antitrust Subcommittee Ranking Member Buck (R-CO).
  • H.R. 3825, the “Ending Platform Monopolies Act” eliminates the ability of dominant platforms to leverage their control across multiple business lines to self-preference and disadvantage competitors in ways that undermine free and fair competition. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and cosponsored by Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX).
  • H.R. 3849, the “Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching (ACCESS) Act” promotes competition online by lowering barriers to entry and switching costs for businesses and consumers through interoperability and data portability requirements. This bill is sponsored by Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) and cosponsored by Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT).
  • H.R. 3843, the “Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act” updates filing fees for mergers for the first time in two decades to ensure that the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission have the resources they need to aggressively enforce the antitrust laws. This bill is sponsored by Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO) and cosponsored by Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN).