David Cicilline serves Rhode Island’s First Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Prior to his election to Congress in 2010, Cicilline served two terms as mayor of Providence and four terms in the Rhode Island House of Representatives.
The Congressman is a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Committee on the Judiciary. As Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law, he oversees efforts to promote innovation and economic opportunity through open and competitive markets.
In his official biography, Cicilline says he is “leading the fight to hold Big Tech accountable, overseeing a top-to-bottom investigation into the state of competition in the digital marketplace and leading the introduction of six bipartisan bills to build a stronger online economy and protect consumers and small businesses.” He is the author of the 2022 book, “House on Fire: Fighting for Democracy in the Age of Political Arson.”
Following is an edited transcript of an Oct. 21 interview with Greg Burns, editor of the Medill Local News Initiative, about the prospects for the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act.