WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Providence, RI The effort to replace the westbound Washington Bridge got a major boost today as U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Representatives Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today joined with Governor Dan McKee in announcing a $95,589,533 INFRA (Nationally Significant Multimodal Freight & Highway Projects program) grant for the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT). Toget  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: PROVIDENCE, RI The effort to replace the westbound Washington Bridge got a major boost today as U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Representatives Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today joined with Governor Dan McKee in announcing a $95,589,533 INFRA (Nationally Significant Multimodal Freight & Highway Projects program) grant for the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT). Together,   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: In an effort to strengthen resources, support, and services for Rhode Islanders with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and other developmental disabilities, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced $296,673 in federal funds to support initiatives that spread awareness about challenges faced by individuals with ASD and to expand programs that provide support and resources for people with autism, their families,   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Today, after Israeli forces killed Hamas military leader Yahya Sinwar, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement: "The elimination of Yahya Sinwar is welcome news. He has killed and terrorized Israelis, Americans, Palestinians, and countless innocent people for decades, and the world is safer without him. "With Hamas leaderless, there i  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2024: Last week, Reps. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) and Seth Magaziner (D-Rhode Island), both former state treasurers, sent a letter to Department of Labor Acting Secretary Julie Su exhorting the Department to coordinate with state unclaimed property programs to help connect Kansans and Americans with their unclaimed retirement savings. Their bipartisan letter was signed by 37 additional members of Congress.   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Providence, RI U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Jack Reed and Representatives Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today announced that the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs has awarded $600,000 in funding to the Rhode Island Department of Health's Center for Forensic Sciences to reduce the backlog of DNA casework and ensure justice can be served for victims of both violent and non-vi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2024: Providence, RI - U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Jack Reed and Representatives Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today announced that the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs has awarded $600,000 in funding to the Rhode Island Department of Health's Center for Forensic Sciences to reduce the backlog of DNA casework and ensure justice can be served for victims of both viole  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: PROVIDENCE, RI Ahead of the 25th annual National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, which starts October 20 and runs through the 26th, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Representatives Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo are delivering $6.5 million for Providence and $6.5 million for Woonsocket through the federal Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Program (LHR) to make more homes and apartments acros  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, released the following opening statement from a Sept. 25, 2024, hearing entitled "The Costs of Inaction: Economic Risks From Housing Unaffordability": * * * Ranking Member Grassley, members of the committee, witnesses, and guests: welcome. This morning, the Budget Committee will be discussing an issue that is of concern to all Americans: housing. Secure and affordable housing is a buildin  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, released the following opening statement from a Sept. 11, 2024, hearing entitled "Social Security Forever: Delivering Benefits and Protecting Retirement Security": * * * Today's hearing will examine the challenges facing one of our most important government programs, Social Security. Social Security has been a pillar of retirement security for millions of seniors for nearly 90 years, and it  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The Senate Budget Committee released the following testimony by Roger Boudreau, president of the Rhode Island American Federation of Teachers Retirees Chapter, from a Sept. 11, 2024, hearing entitled "Social Security Forever: Delivering Benefits and Protecting Retirement Security": * * * Chairman Whitehouse, Ranking Member Grassley and members of the committee; it is an honor to participate in this important hearing. Mr. Chairman, I would especially like to thank you fo  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Senate Budget Committee released the following testimony by Rhode Island House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi from a Sept. 25, 2024, hearing entitled "The Costs of Inaction: Economic Risks From Housing Unaffordability": * * * Good morning, and thank you to the Senate Budget Committee Chair, my Senator, Sheldon Whitehouse, for inviting me to speak before you today. Thank you also to Ranking Member Senator Chuck Grassley, as well as all of the distinguished Senate Budget   more