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July 9, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC – As Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation continues working to make college more affordable and protect Pell grants from budget cuts, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S.
July 9, 2025
“Trump’s assault on public education, teachers, and working families knows no bounds. By withholding $29 million from Rhode Island and billions in federal education funding already approved by Congress, he’s continuing his reckless crusade to dismantle the Department of Education."
July 7, 2025
PAWTUCKET, RI – Monday, June 30th, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) led a roundtable discussion with six small, local manufacturers from across Rhode Island’s First Congressional District about the impacts of Trump’s chaotic tariff policy. Business leaders from LNA Laser Technology (Pawtucket, RI), Katrinkles (Providence, RI), Beehive Handmade (Warren, RI), Ward’s Manufacturing (Warren, RI), and S.K. Grimes (Woonsocket, RI) voiced fears that Trump’s sweeping, chaotic tariffs would irreparably harm their companies.
July 6, 2025
“This Administration promised that they would be focused on the things that the American people care about and address costs.”
July 3, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC – TODAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) issued the following statement on the House passage of the Big, Ugly Bill:
July 1, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC – House Foreign Affairs Vice Ranking Member Gabe Amo (D-RI) and 9 House Democratic Colleagues are calling out Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s waste of foreign aid bought with federal funds. The Members are demanding answers about contract freezes that risks foreign aid expiring or being destroyed and wasting taxpayer dollars.
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June 25, 2025
PROVIDENCE, RI – Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) announced the winner of the 2025 Congressional Art Competition for Rhode Island’s First Congressional District — Nonna's House by Blake Harris. A tenth-grade student at Moses Brown School, Mr. Harris' submission will be featured in the halls of the U.S. Capitol. High school students from across Rhode Island's First Congressional District submitted artwork for consideration and a public vote was conducted on Congressman Amo's Instagram, @RepGabeAmo, to select the winner.
June 24, 2025
“Our Constitution says that only Congress has the authority to declare war. Presidents do not get a blank check to engage in endless foreign conflicts. Urgent, sustained diplomacy is needed to achieve our strategic goals of preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon and securing peace in the region.
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June 23, 2025
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Vice Ranking Member Gabe Amo (D-RI) joined House Foreign Affairs East Asia and the Pacific Subcommittee Ranking Member Ami Bera (D-CA), House Foreign Affairs Members Congressman Johnny Olszewski (D-MD), Congresswoman Sarah McBride (D-DE), and Congresswoman Julie Johnson (D-TX), and House Armed Services Committee Member Congressman Wesley Bell (D-MO), on a mission to Taiwan to strengthen diplomatic and economic ties.
June 18, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI), along with Congressmen Daniel Goldman (D-NY) and Maxwell Frost (D-FL) introduced the Firearm Destruction Licensure Act, legislation to close a gun loophole that is allowing firearms designated for destruction to be sold back into American communities and potentially into the hands of bad actors.