WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Amo Calls Out Harmful GOP Budget Priorities, Advocates for Federal Programs that Support Rhode Island Seniors BARRINGTON, RI - Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01), a member of the House Committee on the Budget, visited Barrington Peck Center for Adult Enrichment where he spoke about his support for critical programs like Medicare and Medicaid. Despite President Trump's claims that these programs w  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Amo Defends Public Health Funding, Affirms Need to Fight Cuts Proposed by Republican Budget PROVIDENCE, RI - Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) joined Dean Ashish Jha of Brown University's School of Public Health for the February installment of "Dean's Conversation Series." Taking place during Black History Month, Congressman Amo spoke about his efforts to close racial equity gaps in health care, s  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Amo Tours East Bay Community Action Program Dental Center, Highlights Impact of Harmful Republican Cuts to Medicaid NEWPORT, RI - Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) visited East Bay Dental Center, a community health center administered by East Bay Community Action Program (EBCAP), that delivers services to Rhode Islanders on Aquidneck Island. During the visit and tour, he spoke with staff about the  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * In Munich, Whitehouse, Graham, Risch, and Shaheen Make Bipartisan Call for Western Seizure of Russian Sovereign Assets to Support Ukraine Washington, DC - At the Munich Security Conference, U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), co-leads of the bipartisan delegation to the Conference, and Jim Risch (R-ID) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chairman and Ranking Member of  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Magaziner, Amo Encourage Rhode Islanders Hurt by Trump / Musk Actions to Share Their Stories in New Online Portal PROVIDENCE, RI -- Today, Representatives Seth Magaziner (RI-02) and Gabe Amo (RI-01) announced the launch of a new online portal (link is external) where Rhode Islanders can share their stories about how they have been impacted by Donald Trump and Elon Musk's reckless federal layof  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed & Whitehouse Urge Trump to Reject Republican Budget That Raises Costs for Families WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senators Jacky Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) joined 30 of their Senate colleagues in urging President Donald Trump to reject Congressional Republicans' legislative plans to increase the cost of living for Americans. Last week, Congressional Republicans in both chambers approv  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Opposes Kash Patel as FBI Director WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) issued the following statement on his vote opposing the confirmation of Kash Patel to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): "The person in charge of running America's most elite and powerful law enforcement agency should be someone with unquestioned character and integrity, a person w  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Statement on SecDef Hegseth's Call to Slash Defense Spending by Eight Percent Annually WASHINGTON, DC - This week, after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sent a directive ordering senior military officials to submit plans to slash defense spending by 8 percent annually, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, warned that Hegseth's arbitrary cuts   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Works to Nix "Carried Interest" Tax Loophole & Make Wall Street Pay Its Fair Share WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to restore fairness to the tax code, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is seeking to close the "carried interest" tax loophole, which lets private equity firms and Wall Street managers at investment partnerships pay a lower tax rate on their income than most American workers. Reed is   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed, Colleagues Request Information on Elon Musk's Access to VA Medical Records WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is teaming up with Senator Jon Ossoff, the Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs (Milcon-VA) to safeguard veterans' private information, asking questions about unelected billionaire Elon Musk's access to veterans'   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed: Federal Government Must Assist Flood Victims, Invest in Flood Resilience & Reauthorize National Flood Insurance Program WASHINGTON, DC - After severe winter storms over the weekend caused major flooding and wind damage across several states, including Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia, and West Virginia, causing multiple deaths and leaving communities in disrepair, U.S. Senator Jack Reed  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed: Trump Should Urgently Address Air Traffic Controller Staffing Shortages, Not Indiscriminately Fire FAA Employees PROVIDENCE, RI -- Hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees are in the process of being fired -- not because of their performance or because they weren't delivering critical services for taxpayers -- but as part of the Trump Administration's and billionaire Elon M  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following remarks from a Feb. 12, 2025, hearing entitled "Advancing Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration Technologies and Ensuring Effective Implementation of the USE IT Act." USE IT Act is the Utilizing Significant Emissions With Innovative Technologies Act. * * * I want to thank Chair Capito calling today's hearing on carbon capture and ut  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse Expresses Support for Freeing Hostages, Urges Peace Framework on Bipartisan Congressional Delegation to Israel Senators reject Trump plan of forced displacement and U.S. occupation of Gaza Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) returned to the United States today after joining a bipartisan congressional delegation to Israel in a show of support for freeing the  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2025: * * * Whitehouse Opening Statement at Permitting Reform Hearing Washington, D.C.--Today, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, delivered the following opening statement at today's hearing, titled "Improving the Federal Environmental   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse Questions Musk Hiring in New Letter to Trump White House Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has sent a letter to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles demanding answers on the legality of the appointment of right-wing billionaire Elon Musk to head the "Department of Government Efficiency." In December 2024, President Trump announced that Musk, the richest m  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * With Trillions at Stake and People's Health Care on the Line, Reed Seeks to Ensure Budget Blueprint Protects Medicaid, Medicare & Working Families WASHINGTON, DC -- With Republicans looking to pass a party-line budget resolution package that would mean higher costs, less help for working families and seniors, and a $4.6 trillion tax windfall for the wealthy, the U.S. Senate is undertaking an all-ni  more