WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: In an effort to ensure access to and availability of safe and effective contraception for women and families, and to halt right-wing attacks on women's reproductive health care and well-being, and the ability of doctors to prescribe contraceptives, the U.S. Senate will vote today on the Right to Contraception Act (S. 4381). The Right to Contraception Act would codify the legal right for individuals to obt  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: On World Environment Day, Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) announced that he is leading two letters to the House Appropriations Committee requesting $22 million for environmental protection and education programs in the Fiscal Year 2025 Appropriations Bill. "The impact of climate change is already being felt by Rhode Islanders, and the challenges it presents require long-lasting solutions to prot  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: PRUDENCE ISLAND, RI - In an effort to help preserve Prudence Island's scenic beauty and history and to enhance public safety for year-round residents and seasonal visitors alike, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today joined the Prudence Island community to celebrate the transfer in ownership of the Sandy Point Lighthouse and to officially launch Prudence Island Volunteer Fire Department's (PIVFD) newest Pumper Truck  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, FRANCE -- Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, traveled to Normandy, France, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, which occurred on June 6, 1944. Traveling as part of a bipartisan Congressional delegation, Senator Reed joined President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, Britain's King Charles III, Can  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and a former U.S. Army paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division, will travel to Normandy, France this week to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion by Allied forces during World War II. Reed will attend remembrance ceremonies and events as part of a bipartisan U.S. Senate delegation that will help pay tribute to the s  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) spoke about the recent groundbreaking for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Marine Operations Center-Atlantic at Naval Station Newport, a critical initiative to solidify Rhode Island's leadership in the blue economy, at a House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Environment budget hearing titled "An Overview of the Nat  more

BRISTOL, Rhode Island, May 30 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: From the base of the Mount Hope Bridge, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) alongside Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) and Governor Dan McKee today highlighted $27 million in federal funding heading to Rhode Island to support much-needed improvements to the historic span connecting Bristol and Portsmouth. The funding includes $17 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law'  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on June 3, 2024: U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo, today announced that Rhode Island is projected to receive $40.7 million in federal funding over the next two years to improve access to behavioral and mental health services. The federal funding is administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for M  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (D- RI) and Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (R- NJ) joined U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) in a bipartisan and bicameral letter to help scale up private sector investment in Ukraine through partnerships with American businesses, American investment funds, and other development finance institute. The letter encourages the Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, and the  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo, today announced that Rhode Island is projected to receive $40.7 million in federal funding over the next two years to improve access to behavioral and mental health services. The federal funding is administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid S  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, released the following opening statement from a hearing dated May 8, 2024, entitled "Reducing Paperwork, Cutting Costs: Alleviating Administrative Burdens in Health Care": * * * Ranking Member Grassley and members of the committee, today's hearing will examine administrative cost in health care, how it harms patients and providers, and how much it increases federal health care costs. There   more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following opening statement on June 5, 2024, at a hearing entitled "Riskier Business: How Climate Change is Already Challenging Insurance Markets": * * * As prepared for delivery Members of the Committee, witnesses, guests. More than a year has passed since our hearing on climate havoc in the insurance industry upending housing markets, mortgage markets, and local property tax ba  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The Senate Budget Committee released the following written testimony by Noah Benedict, president and CEO of the Rhode Island Primary Care Physicians Corp., from a hearing dated May 8, 2024, entitled "Reducing Paperwork, Cutting Costs: Alleviating Administrative Burdens in Health Care": * * * My name is Noah Benedict. I'm the President and CEO of Rhode Island Primary Care Physicians Corporation (RIPCPC), an Independent Practice Association that represents 168 primary care   more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee and a senior member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, pressed Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt to commit federal funding for the emergency replacement of the Washington Bridge. Whitehouse questioned Administrator Bhatt in an EPW Committee hearing on Wednesday. "We are a small state. This is a b  more