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Central Falls, RI – TODAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) announced the Continuity and Reimbursement for Essential Nutrition (CARE) for WIC During Shutdowns Act during a tour of Children’s Friend in Central Falls. Amo discussed the importance of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), a federal nutrition program that provides nutritious foods to nearly 7 million pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, infants, and children up to 5 years old.

PROVIDENCE, RI – Through the 7 Days of Republicans’ government shutdown, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) has met with countless Rhode Islanders impacted by Trump’s latest chaos. Since Trump took office and Republicans took control of the House and the Senate, they have cut more than $1 trillion from America’s health care system in their Big, Ugly law and shut down the government rather than extend health care assistance for 22 million Americans.

Providence, RI – TODAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) visited Brown University’s Legorreta Cancer Center and the United Way 211 Call Center.

Washington, D.C. – LAST NIGHT, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) joined more than 17,000 Rhode Islanders to answer questions and discuss the harms of Republicans' disastrous decision to shut down the government.

Washington, D.C. – TODAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) issued the following statement on the pending Republican government shutdown:

Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Representatives Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded a $2,344,000 grant to the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) to remove toxic and hazardous debris remnants of the old Point Street Bridge from the Providence River.

WASHINGTON, DC –  TODAY, Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo called on Trump and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, to safeguard the Endangerment Finding – which establishes that greenhouse gas emissions are dangerous to humans  – to protect Rhode Islanders and the environment. 

WASHINGTON, DC –  TODAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) and Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07), reintroduced the Literacy in Future Technologies (LIFT) Artificial Intelligence Act, bipartisan legislation to improve artificial intelligence literacy for K-12.