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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Vice Ranking Member Gabe Amo (RI-01) participated in the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific hearing where he highlighted the Biden Administration’s work to build up critical alliances like the Australia, United Kingdom, United States (AUKUS) security pact to counter Chinese influence. In addition, Congressman Amo warned against the damage done by the Trump Administration’s decision to illegally freeze foreign aid and weaken our nation’s standing abroad.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse joined Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo in sending a letter to Acting Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) expressing alarm at the illegal decision by President Trump to reduce the reimbursement rate for indirect research costs to 15 percent across the board. This decision would have a devastating effect on Rhode Island research institutions that rely on NIH funding to carry out their lifesaving work.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) a member of the House Committee on Budget, blasted the Republican-controlled House Committee on Rules for refusing to accept his amendments to the Republican budget resolution, preventing them from being considered by the full House of Representatives. Congressman Amo’s amendments would have prevented cuts to programs that feed America’s school children and supported a program that delivers health care to more than 72 million low-income Americans.
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) today reintroduced bipartisan legislation to posthumously honor America’s first Black military unit with the Congressional Gold Medal. The First Rhode Island Regiment Congressional Gold Medal Act would commemorate the legacy of this Revolutionary War unit by awarding the Congressional Gold Medal in its honor to the Rhode Island State Library for display and research purposes.