WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Today, Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) spoke on the House Floor to recognize Doris Burke, who is making history as the first woman to serve as a television game analyst for a championship final in one of the four major professional U.S. sports leagues. Burke made history several times over the course of her impressive 34-year career. She was the first woman to call a Big East men's basketball g  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, sent a letter to Justice Samuel Alito requesting information regarding Justice Alito's improper comments about Congress's ability to regulate Supreme Court ethics during a Wall Street Journal editorial page interview last year. This follows Justice Alito's letter addressed to Whitehouse and Senate Majority Wh  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) led 38 colleagues in urging Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) and Vice-Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) to keep destructive anti-environment policy provisions out of Senate appropriations packages. These policy "riders" typically do not affect federal spending, and instead aim to make changes to laws   more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on June 14, 2024: Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) delivered remarks on the House Floor in support of his amendment to the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The Amo amendment encourages the Secretary of Defense to promote and prioritize domestic production of defense articles for theAustralia, United Kingdom, United States (AUKUS) security pact to benefit local economies while al  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: In an effort to help ensure that Rhode Island's medical facilities and health care systems are prepared for natural disasters and public health emergencies, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse announced that the Rhode Island Department of Health will receive $5,415,557 to continue improving preparedness and health outcomes for a wide range of public health threats. Rhode Island will r  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Reed Delivers $210,000 to Help Keep RI Beaches Clean & Swimmers Safe WARWICK, RI -- Beach season is here and the Ocean State's beaches are vital to the economy and environment. To help keep Rhode Island's beaches clean and healthy and keep the public informed about beach water quality, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced another $210,000 in federal Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health   more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) and Representatives Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07), Maria Salazar (FL-27) and Sara Jacobs (CA-51) introduced a bipartisan resolution affirming continued U.S. support for the purchase of life-saving vaccines for lower-income countries through Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, as a cost-effective means to end preventable child and maternal deaths around the world. Since G  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement on June 13, 2024: * * * U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement echoing the Biden Administration's call to fix the tax system so it helps hardworking Americans and the middle class, rather than the wealthy and well-connected: "As Congress gears up for the 2025 tax debate, Republicans  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, released the following opening statement from a hearing dated May 15, 2024, entitled "Budgeting for the Storm: Climate Change and the Costs to National Security": * * * Ranking Member Grassley, members of the committee, witnesses, and guests: welcome. As we examine the looming economic dangers of climate change, today we'll learn about the strain it's placing on our defense and national sec  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, released the following opening statement from a hearing dated June 5, 2024, entitled "Riskier Business: How Climate is Already Challenging Insurance Markets": * * * 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 bases, spilling over into t  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, released the following opening statement from a hearing dated May 22, 2024, entitled "Droughts, Dollars, and Decisions: Water Scarcity in a Changing Climate": * * * Ranking Member Grassley, members of the committee, witnesses, and guests, welcome. Today we address how climate change is making droughts more severe, magnifying so many of the other risks we have talked about in this Committee.  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: Today, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse and House Budget Committee Ranking Member Brendan F. Boyle sent a letter to Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell ahead of this week's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, expressing concern over the harmful economic effects of prolonged elevated interest rates and call  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release on June 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 "Making Wall Street Pay Its Fair Share: Raising Revenue, Strengthening Our Economy." Chairman Whitehouse's remarks, as prepared for delivery: Ranking Member Grassley, members of the com  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Nearly two years after the Supreme Court's June 2022 ruling in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case severely eroded women's reproductive freedom, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is joining with Senate Democrats to protect access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments and prevent states from restricting access to the procedure. "For some prospective parents who struggle with fertility issues, t  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse today encouraged Rhode Islanders with privately held student loans through the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program to consolidate their loans to the Direct Student Loan Program to become eligible for student loan forgiveness. Borrowers have until June 30, 2024 to convert their loans from commercial to federal loans to qualify for the President Biden's recently a  more