WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: WATCH: At Key Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing, Reed Questions USDOT Sec. Buttigieg About Federal Funding Opportunities for the Washington Bridge Replacement Project Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg testified today at a key Senate appropriations subcommittee hearing on fiscal year 2025 transportation spending plans and priorities. During the hearing, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, a senior member of t  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Today, Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) issued a statement commemorating April as Fair Housing month and reaffirming his commitment to ending the housing crisis in Rhode Island and across the country. "Every Rhode Islander deserves to have a safe, affordable place they can call home," said Rep. Magaziner. "As we mark Fair Housing Month, I'm fighting to make housing more affordable, increase th  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: In an effort to ensure Americans can access critical information during any major emergency, a bipartisan group of lawmakers banded together to ensure Americans will continue to be able to access AM radio in their cars. U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) teamed up with Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and fifty-eight of their Senate colleagues in supporting the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act (S. 1669). This bipartisan   more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: DES MOINES -- This week, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed Representative Zach Nunn's (IA-03) bipartisan legislation to reduce veteran suicide. The Daniel J. Harvey and Adam Lambert Improving Servicemember Transition to Reduce Veteran Suicide Act is named in memory of two Marines who served in Afghanistan together, Iowa's Corporal Adam Lambert from Adel and Rhode Island's Lance Corporal Daniel J.   more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: In an effort to prevent exposure to lead in Rhode Island's drinking water, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced $28.65 million in drinking water funding for the Ocean State to advance lead pipe replacement projects. The funding flows through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) and was provided through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's historic $15  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following statement on May 2, 2024 on May 2, 2024: * * * Today, Congressman Amo (RI-01) released the following statement after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $28,650,000 from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to help Rhode Island identify and replace lead service lines, preventing exposure to lead in drinking water. Today's announcement, funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and available  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, alongside Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo, applauded the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) announcement that it will commit $200 million in federal funds to maximize the procurement of domestic Ready-To-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF), one of the most effective nutrition treatments for malnutrition. This federal fundin  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 4 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: Today, Rhode Island's Congressional delegation announced that the Ocean State is getting $1,482,715 in federal funding from AmeriCorps to support key community projects in Providence and Woonsocket. Specifically, this federal funding will support programs managed by TerraCorps, an environmental nonprofit committed to land protection and stewardship, and the Woonsocket Neighborhood  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: PROVIDENCE, RI - Today, Rhode Island's Congressional delegation announced that the Ocean State is getting $1,482,715 in federal funding from AmeriCorps to support key community projects in Providence and Woonsocket. Specifically, this federal funding will support programs managed by TerraCorps, an environmental nonprofit committed to land protection and stewardship, and the Woonsocket Neighborhood Deve  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, released a joint staff report, entitled "Denial, Disinformation, and Doublespeak: Big Oil's Evolving Efforts to Avoid Accountability for Climate Change." Today's report marks a  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The Senate Budget Committee issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Reducing Paperwork, Cutting Costs: Alleviating Administrative Burdens in Health Care" at 10 a.m. on May 8, 2024, at 608 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Witnesses * Dr. David Cutler, Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics, Harvard University * Mr. Noah Benedict, President & CEO, Rhode Island Primary Care Physicians Corporation * * * Original text here: https://www.budget.senate.gov  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced that Rhode Island is receiving federal funding to help combat a newly identified invasive species that has taken root in the 260-acre Indian Lake, located in South Kingstown. U.S. Senator Jack Reed hailed the announcement as a critical investment in shoring up Rhode Island's defenses against plants that could wreak havoc on the state's lakes, ponds, and wat  more