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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, by a bipartisan vote of 258 to 169, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 8404, the Respect for Marriage Act, to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure critical protections for same-sex and interracial marriages. The Respect for Marriage Act was introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman and Equality Caucus Vice Chair Jerrold Nadler (NY-10); all nine openly LGBTQ+ members of the House of Representatives, Tri-Caucus Chairs Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), and Judy Chu (D-CA); and Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY). The Senate companion bill was introduced by Senators Dianne Feinstein (CA), Tammy Baldwin (WI) and Susan Collins (ME). The legislation will now go to President Biden for his signature.

WASHINGTON, DC – In 1979, Congress established Vet Centers across the country to provide combat veterans and their families with the full range of counseling, outreach, and referral services they need and deserve. These facilities help guide eligible veterans and their families through major lifestyle adjustments when veterans return from combat.

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).

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01), Vice Chair of the Gun Violence Prevention Taskforce, today urged his colleagues to support H.R. 8361, the Preventing Suicide Through Voluntary Firearm Purchase Delay Act. This legislation would help to prevent deaths by allowing people to voluntarily place themselves onto a “do not sell” list, preventing them from being able to purchase a firearm. This bipartisan legislation is modeled on past successful laws in Washington, Utah, and Virginia.

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.

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.”

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) today introduced the Social Enterprise Ecosystem and Economic Development (SEEED) Commission Act to help legislators identify how to support the social enterprise ecosystem in our country.