WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: BOSTON (Aug. 14, 2024) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) celebrated a $210,000 grant to the Rhode Island Department of Health to protect the health of beachgoers. This funding is part of $9.75 million in national grants, announced in June, to help coastal and Great Lakes communities. The funding will support water quality monitoring and public notification programs for beaches. At an  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: SOUTH KINGSTOWN, RI To mark the 89th anniversary of the Social Security Act, U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) visited the South Kingstown Senior Center to hear directly from seniors and discuss his work in Congress to protect Social Security benefits from proposed cuts. "89 years ago, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law, guaranteeing that after a life  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Today, in response to Donald Trump once again denigrating American servicemembers and belittling our military heroes who were injured or killed in the line of duty, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement: "Donald Trump's repeated pattern of disgraceful insults about wounded warriors and their families is outrageous and a national   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: PROVIDENCE, RI U.S. Senator Jack Reed today welcomed the historic announcement by the Biden-Harris administration of lower drug prices for ten of the most expensive prescription drugs in Medicare, which were subject to negotiations between the federal government and drugmakers. Senator Reed helped pass the landmark Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (P.L. 117-169), granting the U.S. Centers for Medicare and   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2024: U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today announced that the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC) has been awarded $9.2 million in federal funding to advance the next phase of constructing a new cargo facility and aircraft parking apron at T.F. Green International Airport. This federal U.S. Department of Transportation grant, totali  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today announced that the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC) has been awarded $9.2 million in federal funding to advance the next phase of constructing a new cargo facility and aircraft parking apron at T.F. Green International Airport. This federal U.S. Department of Transportation grant, totaling $9,212,959,   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, released the following opening statement from a July 31, 2024, hearing entitled "Charging Ahead: The Future of Electric Vehicles": * * * I want to start by thanking Senator Graham and his staff for their partnership on today's hearing, and Ranking Member Grassley for blessing this effort. Today's bipartisan hearing looks at transitioning away from fossil fuels -- an economic, national secur  more