WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) spoke at a House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Energy hearing on the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), which advances high-impact energy technologies and develops new ways to generate and use energy. The Congressman underscored Rhode Island's leadership in clean energy and its status as the home of the nation's fi  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) joined Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and several of their colleagues in introducing the Time Off to Vote Act to ensure more Americans aren't financially penalized for taking time off from work to cast a ballot. The Time Off to Vote Act would require employers--upon the request of the employee--to provide at least two c  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on Feb. 28, 2024, entitled "No Rights to Speak of: The Economic Harms of Restricting Reproductive Freedom": * * * I call this hearing to order. Today we will discuss women's rights -- their right to bodily autonomy, their right to set the course of their own life, and their right to economic freedom. I hear often that the Budget Committe  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, delivered the following opening statement at today's hearing, titled "The President's Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Proposal." Chairman Whitehouse's remarks, as prepared for delivery: Good morning to our Committee members, and a special welcome to our witnes  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement on March 11, 2024: * * * Today, Senator Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement after President Biden released his Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2025: "President Biden has released a fiscally responsible budget that puts the middle class first and lays out a vision for a stronger, safer, and more prosperous  more