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May 16, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse joined Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo in sending a letter to U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner Troy Miller requesting information on Rhode Island’s Global Entry Enrollment Center.
May 15, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representatives Gabe Amo (D-RI-01), Garret Graves (R-LA-06), and Seth Moulton (D-MA-06) introduced a resolution to establish “Vets Get Outside Day” to support veterans struggling with mental health challenges.
Issues:Veterans
May 14, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) led a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen expressing concerns that a Moscow-based cryptocurrency exchange, Garantex, is reportedly facilitating sanctions evasion and helping fund Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine.
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May 10, 2024
PAWTUCKET, RI – Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) announced the winner of the 2024 Congressional Art Competition for Rhode Island’s First Congressional District — Burnout (Self-Portrait) by Vivian Wen. A tenth-grade Advanced Placement (AP) Art student at Barrington High School, Ms. Wen’s submission was selected by a panel of three local judges out of all the artwork received.
May 8, 2024
PROVIDENCE, RI -- Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo announced that Rhode Island has been allocated $60,105,548 in federal transit funding to enhance public transportation across the Ocean State in 2024.
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May 8, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) participated in a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing that focused on efforts by the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to outcompete China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
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May 6, 2024
NEWPORT, R.I. (WJAR) — NOAA is moving to the Newport Naval Base.
A marine operations center is being relocated from Virginia to Rhode Island.
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May 6, 2024
NEWPORT, RI – Today, the Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new facility on Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island that will serve as the future home of the NOAA Marine Operations Center-Atlantic.
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May 6, 2024
PROVIDENCE — The US Agency for International Development will use $200 million in federal funds to ramp up production of a peanut-based paste made in Rhode Island and deliver it to starving children in places such Gaza, Haiti, Sudan, Burkina Faso, and Ethiopia.
May 3, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, alongside Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo, applauded the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) announcement that it will commit $200 million in federal funds to maximize the procurement of domestic Ready-To-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF), one of the most effective nutrition treatments for malnutrition.