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Congressman Cicilline is a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and believes in a diplomacy-first approach to international affairs. He is a founder and co-chair of the House Diplomacy Caucus and a member of the Subcommittees on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment; Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism; and Africa, Global Health, and Global Human Rights.
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December 8, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus celebrates the release of WNBA player Brittney Griner from Russian custody after an extended unjust imprisonment and sentencing by the Russian government.
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December 8, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, as part of the annual defense spending bill for Fiscal Year 2023, the House – for the third time this Congress – passed the Advancing Mutual Interests and Growing Our Success (AMIGOS) Act, which was introduced by Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI) and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).
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December 6, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Global Counterterrorism, today convened a hearing, “Confronting Yemen's Humanitarian and Political Crises Without a Ceasefire.”
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November 16, 2022
Washington, DC – Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, David Cicilline, Chair of the Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa and Global Counterterrorism, and 15 members of the Foreign Affairs Committee released the following statement recognizing two months since protests in Iran began:
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November 2, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.-01), Chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa, and Global Counterterrorism, and U.S. Rep. Bill Keating (D-M.A.-09), Chairman of the U.S House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, the Environment and Cyber, and U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Environment and Public Works Committees, led 52 of their colleagues in a letter to President Biden urging the Administration to raise human rights concerns with the Egyptian government ahead of COP27.
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Energy & Environment
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