WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Amo Leads Letter Demanding Answers on Trump Effort to Dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) led a letter signed by 25 colleagues to Treasury Secretary Bessent and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Acting Director Vought expressing alarm with steps taken by the Administration to remove the vital consumer protection functions  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Amo Rips Reckless Republican Blank Check to Elon Musk WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) released the following statement after voting no Republican's plan to cede more power to Elon Musk. This reckless Republican bill would force the evictions of more than 32,000 households (link is external), threaten the essential benefits of Social Security (link is external), and cut nutrit  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * As Trump Freezes Food Aid, RI Delegation Works to Defend Nutrition Assistance & Anti-Poverty Programs At RI Community Food Bank & EPI's virtual town hall, RI delegation hears how harmful Republican cuts would negatively impact food pantries, schools, and local farmers and strategizes with nutrition assistance advocates to put food on the table, help the economy, and prevent RIers from fal  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Sen. Whitehouse & Gov. O'Malley Seek to Protect Social Security Whitehouse joined by former Commissioner of the Social Security Administration for second Virtual Assembly Washington, DC - On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse held his second Virtual Assembly with Rhode Islanders. Whitehouse was joined by Governor Martin O'Malley, former Commissioner of the Social Security A  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Magaziner Named Vice Chair of Congressional Labor Caucus Will Advocate for Working People as co-Lead of Building Trades Task Force WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) announced he has been named Vice Chair of the Congressional Labor Caucus and will co-lead the Caucus' new Building Trades Task Force for the 119th Congress. These roles will allow Magaziner to continu  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Magaziner Statement on Budget Negotiations "President Trump and Elon Musk continue to illegally withhold funding from health care, education, humanitarian aid, and more. I will not vote for a budget bill until we have assurances that the administration will honor the budget that Congress passes. I am, however, prepared to return to Washington to vote for a 30-day budget extension to keep th  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Magaziner's Statement on Mass Layoffs at Department of Education WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner (RI-02) released the following statement after the Department of Education announced plans to lay off thousands of employees, a step toward President Trump's broader effort to dismantle the agency: "I am concerned that Donald Trump and Elon Musk's plan to gut the Department of E  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Reed, Grijalva, Huffman, Casten to Energy Secretary Wright: New LNG Exports Hurt American Households and Businesses Washington, D.C. - Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Rhode Island's U.S. Senator Jack Reed, U.S. Representatives Raul Grijalva (D-AZ-07), Jared Huffman (D-CA-02), and Sean Casten (D-IL-06) led 40 Members of Congress to demand that recently confirmed U.S. Department of   more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed & Rounds Urge Trump Administration to Retain HUD Field Offices WASHINGTON, DC - As news reports indicate that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is on the verge of shuttering dozens of HUD field offices across the country, leaving most states without local sites or staff to assist housing providers and low-income households, underwrite mortgages, or address critical fe  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed, Whitehouse & Colleagues Push Back on VA Secretary Collins' "Blatantly Dishonest" Claims that Cutting 83,000 VA Employees Will Have No Impact on Veterans' Care and Benefits WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to protect veterans and prevent a decline in veterans' health care and other critical services, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) joined Senate Veterans' Af  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse Condemns DOGE's Involvement in EPA Funding Decisions Unaccountable, unqualified gatekeepers and layers of red tape are an attack on clean air, clean water, and congressional authority Washington, D.C.--Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), i  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following opening statement from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Implementation and Case Studies": * * * Thank you, Chairman Capito, for this hearing, and thank you, to our three witnesses for testifying. "Infrastructure Week" had grown into a long-running and unfortunate joke until four years ago, when Dem  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on March 12, 2025: * * * Whitehouse Condemns EPA's Attacks on Clean Air, Clean Water, Affordable Energy Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), issued the following statement after EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced his intent to   more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse Launches Inquiry into Potential Law Enforcement Misconduct around EPA Climate Funding Freeze In new letter, Whitehouse questions AG Bondi and FBI Director Patel about misusing law enforcement 'to humor President Trump's vindictive political whims' Washington, DC - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and Rankin  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on March 12, 2025: * * * Whitehouse Opening Statement at Spotlight Hearing on Trump's Funding Freeze: "It's Gangster Government" Washington, D.C.-- Today, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), led EPW Democrats in holding a spotlight hearing, titled "Free  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse Rebukes Zeldin's Attempted Power Grab, Illegal Clawback of Clean Energy Funding ICYMI: Whitehouse, EPW Democrats Demand Answers About EPA's Illegal Efforts to Claw Back Clean Energy Funding Washington, D.C.-- U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works C  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse Statement on the Continuing Resolution Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) today issued the following statement about his vote against cloture on the MAGA continuing resolution: "Republicans out to maximize Trump/Musk executive power left Democrats no good road on funding the government. They forced a choice between two MAGA options - both would harm the A  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse, Grassley Demand Explanation of Treasury Department's Decision to Suspend Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act Whitehouse and Grassley were the original sponsors of the TITLE Act, the precursor to the Corporate Transparency Act W ashington, DC - Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) sent a letter today to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent requesting  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse, Magaziner, & Amo Vow to Defend Medicaid from Republican Efforts to Take Health Care Away from Moms and Babies Providence, RI - U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today called on Congress to defend Medicaid against ongoing Republican efforts to take health insurance away from millions of Americans. With Women & Infants Hospital as the ba  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse, Magaziner, & Amo Vow to Defend Medicaid from Republican Efforts to Take Health Care Away from Moms and Babies Providence, RI - U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today called on Congress to defend Medicaid against ongoing Republican efforts to take health insurance away from millions of Americans. With Women & Infants Hospital as the backdrop, Wh  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on March 14, 2025: * * * Whitehouse, Markey Lead EPW Democrats in Demanding Zeldin Halt Political Witch Hunt Against Money-Saving Clean Energy Investments Administrator Zeldin is manipulating facts as a pretext to terminate a congressionally appropriated and legally obligated program that would lower household energy costs, spu  more