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June 25, 2024
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is investing $4.6 million in the state of Rhode Island to support economic and workforce development efforts following natural disasters in the state.
June 25, 2024
PROVIDENCE, RI – Housing experts estimate that nationwide, the U.S. is short somewhere between 3.8 million and 6.8 million homes. Now, a new federal grant is being awarded to help Rhode Island overcome its deficit of dwellings and improve the Ocean State’s home building outlook.
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June 19, 2024
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Despite the extreme heat, it was a day of celebration and culture at Farm Fresh Rhode Island. The holiday honors the emancipation of slaves in Texas on June 19, 1865, and it is the first year that Rhode Island is recognizing the day as a state holiday.
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June 19, 2024
Providence, R.I. – Today, in observance of Juneteenth, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) participated in a roundtable discussion with local Black small business owners and entrepreneurs on the sidelines of the first-ever Taste of Juneteenth at Farm Fresh Rhode Island.
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June 18, 2024
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Yesterday, Congressman Gabe Amo welcomed Committee on Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John Larson to the East Providence Senior Center to discuss their support for the Social Security 2100 Act (H.R.4583).
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June 17, 2024
East Providence, R.I. – Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) welcomed Committee on Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John Larson (CT-01) to East Providence Senior Center to discuss support for the Social Security 2100 Act (H.R.4583), a landmark piece of legislation that would protect and expand essential earned Social Security benefits for millions of Americans across the country.
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June 14, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) delivered remarks on the House Floor in support of his amendment to the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
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June 12, 2024
US Representative Gabe Amo is absolutely seeking reelection this fall, but he won’t be running the bases tonight when Democrats and Republicans take the field in the annual Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park.
June 11, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) and Representatives Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07), Maria Salazar (FL-27) and Sara Jacobs (CA-51) introduced a bipartisan resolution affirming continued U.S. support for the purchase of life-saving vaccines for lower-income countries through Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, as a cost-effective means to end preventable child and maternal deaths around the world.
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June 11, 2024
WARWICK – U.S. Rep. Gabe Amo, D-R.I., said Rhode Islanders have a right to be disappointed in state leadership’s response to the Washington Bridge closure during a panel discussion at Monday’s Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce 2024 Congressional Breakfast.