WARWICK, Rhode Island, Dec. 2 -- Rep. Jim Langevin, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * - "Block V" contract supports RI manufacturing and national security, provides more than $22 billion in funds for nine fast-attack submarines with advanced capabilities * * * Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee's Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, released the following statement regarding the awarding of a $22.2 billion   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Jim Langevin, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) today voted in favor of S. 151, the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act, which will curb unlawful robocalls by requiring that landline and cellphone carriers offer free call-authentication technology and opt-in or opt-out robocall blocking. The bill, which is based on House legislation that Langevin cosponsored, will further help the F  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Seeking to help vulnerable populations afford their heating and air conditioning during months of extreme temperatures, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) are urging their colleagues who lead the Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies and Energy and Water Development to include the highest amount possible for heating assi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * - New agreement is the largest shipbuilding contract the U.S. Navy has ever awarded * * * After years of work in Congress promoting the importance of our submarine fleet, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, today hailed the Navy's decision to award a $22.2 billion multi-year contract to General Dynamics and Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. to build n  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Rep. David Cicilline, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: The House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation today introduced by U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01), the AMIGOS Act (H.R. 565), to increase trade and investment ties between Portugal and the United States by making Portuguese nationals eligible for E-1 and E-2 nonimmigrant visas. H.R. 565, which will make it easier for Portugal and the United States to do business with one ano  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. David Cicilline, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, issued the following statement on the Lower Drug Costs Now Act: "In every single corner of our country, working men and women are struggling with the high cost of prescription drugs. "But one of the very first things Donald Trump did in office was to give the big pharmaceutical companies and their CEOs a massive tax cut. He's putting his wealthy campaign donors first. Dem  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. David Cicilline, D-Rhode Island, issued the following statement after the Trump administration announced its plan on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program: "This administration has proven time and time again that they will say they are for working families and seniors while simultaneously trying to undermine programs they rely on to get by. "Now they've stooped so low that they're trying to kick hundreds of thousands of folks off their SNAP benefits as we hea  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. David Cicilline, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, issued the following news release: * * * - Cicilline, Cartwright, Dingell, Lieu Highlight House Action For The People Being Blocked by McConnell's Inaction, Nearly 400 Bills Passed, 80% Stuck in the Senate, and Most of them are Bipartisan * * * House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC) Chairman David Cicilline (RI-01) and Co-Chairs Matt Cartwrigh  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. David Cicilline, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: In 2019 alone, Rhode Islanders have received 121 MILLION robocalls and more than 53 BILLION robocalls have been placed nationally. U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) released the following statement following the passage of bipartisan, bicameral legislation to stop bad robocalls and protect Rhode Islanders from scammers, the Pallone-Thune TRACED Act (S. 151), in the House earlier today: "R  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Jim Langevin, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * - NPR investigation found that, out of 555,000 eligible TPD borrowers, only 28% had their loans discharged or are on track for that to happen * * * Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers in sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Education urging the department's acting inspector general, Sandra Bruce, to investigate the federal student loan discharge process f  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * - Reed-backed bill approved by U.S. Senate would provide $255 million annually for HBCUs and minority-serving institutions, remove up to 22 questions from federal student aid application form, & reduce bureaucratic red tape for students financial aid process * * * In an effort to support historically black and minority-serving colleges and universities and simplify the Free Application for Federal   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on Government Accountability Office findings of inadequate privatized military housing: "I would like to begin by again thanking the vast number of military families who have spoken out about the inadequate conditions of their privatized housing. I especially want to recognize any military families who have traveled here today for this   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * - Big pharmaceutical companies often cheat the system and collect tax write-offs by setting up "charities" that directly funnel donations to their own products * * * United States Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, wrote to U.S. Department of Hea  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a former Rhode Island Attorney General and U.S. Attorney, filed a friend-of-the-court brief last week in the "Bridgegate" case pending before the Supreme Court. Whitehouse argues in favor of federal laws and juries to protect the public from the corrupting influence of powerful special interests spending unlimited amo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * - ASLA presents Whitehouse with Olmsted Medal for environmental leadership * * * U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse was today recognized by the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) with the Olmsted Medal for environmental leadership. Representatives of ASLA's national and Rhode Island chapters presented the award to Whitehouse in his Washington D.C. office this morning. "It's an h  more