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WASHINGTON, DC – LAST WEEK, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) reintroduced the bicameral Responsible Retirement of Law Enforcement Firearms Act, with House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) .

PROVIDENCE, RI – TODAY, Congressmen Gabe Amo (RI-01) and Seth Magaziner (RI-02) called on leaders of the House Appropriations Committee to preserve the dignity and purpose of the Workforce Pell Grant and oppose renaming the grants after President Donald Trump.

Washington, DC – TODAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) issued the following statement on H. Res 719:

Washington, DC – TODAY, House Foreign Affairs Committee Vice Ranking Member Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) issued the following statement on the House Foreign Affairs Committee passage of the State Department Reauthorization bills:

Washington, DC – TODAY, House Foreign Affairs Vice Ranking Member Gabe Amo (D-RI) secured the passage of three amendments as part of the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s State Department Reauthorization process to strengthen the Australia United Kingdom United States (AUKUS) Security Pact, support the U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Australia, and encourage a lasting peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

PROVIDENCE, RI – Recognizing the talent, innovation, and excellence of Ocean State-based researchers across a variety of fields, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Gabe Amo and Seth Magaziner today welcomed over $56+ million in recently awarded federal grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for interdisciplinary research.

WASHINGTON, DC –  YESTERDAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI), Congresswoman Summer L. Lee (PA-12), Congresswoman Delia Ramirez (IL-03), Congressman Henry “Hank” Johnson (GA-04), Congressman Morgan McGarvey (KY-03), and Congresswoman LaMonica McIver (NJ-10) launched the first-ever Congressional Community Safety Caucus to uplift holistic investments into people and communities that break cycles of harm.

Washington, D.C. – TODAY, Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo called on Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Douglas Collins, to explain the loss of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees across the United States and provide an update on the status of Rhode Island’s federal VA workforce.