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PROVIDENCE, RI – Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01), alongside U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Seth Magaziner today announced four grants totaling $54,750,800 from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROTECT) Grant program.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Gabe Amo, alongside U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Representative Seth Magaziner, sent a letter to the Small Business Administration (SBA) requesting the agency to expeditiously review applications for economic assistance and provide updates on its efforts to deliver federal relief to local businesses. 

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Amo (RI-01) issued the following statement after voting in favor of a second six-bill government funding package that supports hard working Rhode Islanders, protects women’s rights, reinforces America’s global leadership, and helps keep our communities safe and secure:

WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01), alongside Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10), Congresswoman Jill Tokuda (HI-02), and Congressman Adam Schiff (CA-30) introduced the Destroy Zombie Guns Act (H.R. 7746), legislation to close the “zombie gun” loophole that has allowed gun disposal companies to only destroy one part of a gun before reselling the remaining parts as a kit that could be used in the next act of gun violence that devastates a community.

PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to help flood-stricken residents and communities that were damaged by major flooding in December and January, Congressman Gabe Amo, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, and Representative Seth Magaziner announced that Rhode Island received a disaster declaration from President Joe Biden in the areas affected by a severe storm and flooding from December 17 to December 19, 2023 and January 9 to 13, 2024.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Gabe Amo, along with U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Seth Magaziner, sent a letter to the Department of Education requesting updates on the implementation of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form, which has had a troubled rollout this year and frustrated many Rhode Island parents and students.

WASHINGTON, DC – In a recent letter, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) and Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) urged Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) Director Steve Dettelbach to update ATF guidance on gun buy-back programs to recommend the complete destruction of firearms. 

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) spoke at a House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Energy hearing on the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), which advances high-impact energy technologies and develops new ways to generate and use energy.