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Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) announced last month that he will retire from Congress in June.
He will take a role as president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation.
He led the House Judiciary Committee in advancing a series of bipartisan proposals to revamp antitrust laws.
The proposals sought to address concerns critics said tech platforms raised.
The bills were the result of a 16-month investigation into market dominance in the digital sector.
Tech giants have denied using anticompetitive practices, but industry groups pushed back strongly on the proposals.
The bipartisan nature of the bills was a key part of how they were able to work across the aisle.
Two of the more high profile proposals, the American Innovation and Choice Online Act and the Open App Markets Act, didn't get floor votes in the House or Senate.
Lawmakers did, however, successfully get a package of less controversial antitrust reform measures, also part of the proposals spawned from the House investigation, passed.
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