Amo Tours Rhode Island Veterans Home Amidst Trump’s Attacks on Those Who’ve Served

BRISTOL, RI – YESTERDAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) visited the Rhode Island Veterans Home, which provides quality social, medical, rehabilitative, and residential care to Rhode Island war Veterans. President Donald Trump’s staff cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) along with cuts to Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and the Affordable Care Act in the Big, Ugly Law will impact Rhode Island Veterans and their families.

“Rhode Island’s Veterans deserve gratitude for their dedicated service and sacrifice to our nation. But honoring our Veterans cannot stop at thank you,” said Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI). “Trump is hellbent on undermining the programs that serve our Veterans, from pushing mass layoffs at the VA, to gutting SNAP, to illegally revoking VA employees collective bargaining rights. Providing Veterans with high-quality care requires investment, not cuts. I promise Rhode Islanders who answered the call to our nation, they have a champion in Washington who will fight tooth and nail to protect the benefits they’ve earned.” 

“I was honored to host Congressman Amo at the Rhode Island Veterans Home,” said Kasim Yarn, Director of Rhode Island’s Office of Veterans Services. “His visit was a powerful reminder of the vital partnership between state and federal government in serving those who served us. He spent meaningful time with our dedicated staff, connected with our cherished Veteran residents, and experienced firsthand the excellence of our premier facility.”

Background

Since his swearing in, Congressman Amo has been committed to supporting Rhode Island’s Veterans. 

He voted against Trump’s Big, Ugly Law which gutted SNAP and Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. An estimated 3,000 Rhode Island Veterans received SNAP between 2021 and 2023. As of 2023, 4,200 Rhode Island Veterans were enrolled in Medicaid.

Amo also voted no on the extreme Republican Continuing Resolution earlier this year that failed to fund the PACT Act and their commitment to provide health care to Veterans impacted by toxic exposure.

On February 27, 2024, Amo announcedover $586,000 in federal funds to help homeless Veterans and their families find permanent housing.

Amo proudly introduceda bipartisan resolution to support Veteran mental health by establishing “Vets Get Outside Day.” 

On February 13, 2025, Congressman Amo introduced a bipartisan bill with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse to recognize America’s first integrated military unit — the First Rhode Island Regiment — by posthumously awarding its members with the Congressional Gold Medal.

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