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Providence, RI – Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) called on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin to move quickly to help support Tiverton families whose private wells have been contaminated with dangerous levels of PFAS, or “forever chemicals.”

WASHINGTON, DC – House Foreign Affairs Committee Vice Ranking Member Gabe Amo (D-RI) celebrated the House passage of the Foreign Service Modernization Act, which will strengthen America’s diplomatic corps and give Foreign Service Officers the tools they need to meet today’s national security challenges. Congressman Amo helped secure several key provisions in the legislation and spoke on the House floor in support of the bill. The measures Amo secured inclusion of strengthen training to combat antisemitism and support implementation of the Australia United Kingdom United States (AUKUS) security partnership.

Washington, DC – Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI-01) and Vice Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, Congresswoman Laura Friedman (D-CA-30) introduced the Disaster Relief Fairness Act to prevent the president from maliciously denying disaster assistance to states and communities that meet the criteria to qualify.

PAWTUCKET, RI – YESTERDAY, Congressmen Gabe Amo (D-RI-01) and Seth Magaziner (D-RI-02) and members of the Rhode Island Cabo Verdean community welcomed Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY-08) to celebrate the culture, community, and contributions of Cabo Verdean Americans. Leader Jeffries, the highest-ranking Cabo Verdean elected official in American history, has family roots in Fogo, Cabo Verde. Rhode Island is home to the largest per-capita Cabo Verdean population in the United States, and generations of Cabo Verdean Americans have helped shape the state’s neighborhoods, economy, culture, and civic life.

PROVIDENCE, RI — House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) joined Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01), Congressman Seth Magaziner (RI-02), and healthcare workers from Service Employees International Union 1199 and United Nurses & Allied Professionals today for a roundtable discussion and press conference on the impact of President Trump and Republicans’ Medicaid and Affordable Care Act cuts on Rhode Islanders.

Providence, RI – September is National Suicide Prevention Month – a time to raise awareness, reduce stigma, share resources, and strengthen connections that can help save lives.

Washington, DC – TODAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) joined the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Institute and eight House colleagues to release the Thriving Economy Project, a first-of-its-kind report offering more than 800 policy recommendations for the 120th Congress.

PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to investigate and expose the Trump Administration’s blatant and unwarranted politicization of federal disaster aid, Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) demanding answers and the preservation of records and documentation related to Rhode Island’s request for a major disaster declaration for the historic February 2026 blizzard.