Women's Issues
The Congressman is a strong advocate for gender equality and is a supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment to enshrine gender equality in the U.S. Constitution. He believes in a woman’s right to make her own reproductive health decisions and is a supporter of the Women’s Health Protection Act.
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December 7, 2022
Washington, DC – Today, Representatives Lois Frankel (D-FL-21) and Ken Buck (R-CO-04), joined by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-10), House Judiciary Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law Subcommittee Chairman David Cicilline (D-RI-01) and Subcommittee Vice Chair Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07), and Representatives Cheri Bustos (D-IL-17), and Burgess Owens (R-UT-04) released the following statement after President Joe Biden signed their bill, the Speak Out Act, into law.
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Jobs and the Economy
Women's Issues
November 16, 2022
Washington, DC – Today, Representatives Lois Frankel (D-FL-21) and Ken Buck (R-CO-04), joined by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-10), House Judiciary Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law Subcommittee Chairman David Cicilline (D-RI-01) and Subcommittee Vice Chair Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07), and Representatives Morgan Griffith (R-VA-09), Cheri Bustos (D-IL-07), and Burgess Owens (R-UT-04) released the following statement after voting to pass the Speak Out Act.
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Jobs and the Economy
Women's Issues
November 14, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law, today testified in the House Rules Committee in favor of S. 4524, the Speak Out Act, legislation to bar judicial enforcement of pre-dispute non-disclosure and non-disparagement agreements in sexual harassment and sexual assault disputes. The legislation builds on the progress made with H.R. 4445, the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act, which was enacted earlier this year to restore the right of survivors to have their day in court.
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Jobs and the Economy
Women's Issues
July 13, 2022
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June 24, 2022
“Today, in its radical decision, the Court reversed 50 years of established precedent that recognized and protected a woman’s right to make her own decisions about her health care. Today’s ruling is part of an ongoing, fundamentalist effort by the Republican Party and far right to control women and institute a national abortion ban.
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Health & Health Care
Women's Issues