REP. DAVID N. CICILLINE, D-R.I., is heading up a bipartisan delegation to visit U.S. troops deployed to the Middle East. / COURTESY DAVID N. CICILLINE
NEW YORK - When Rep. David N. Cicilline, D-R.I., was approached at the beginning of the last Congress about becoming the ranking member of the antitrust subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, his first inclination was to say no. Cicilline, a Democrat from Rhode Island, knew almost nothing about antitrust law. “Even as a practicing lawyer, this…